year's winner (Carsten-Otto Nagel and Corradina) retired. Six riders with their horses was qualified for the jump-off, five of them had also in the jump-off no faults. The purse of this competition was €100,000 and for the winner a car of Mercedes-Benz, the sponsor of this competition. (top 3 of 40 competitors) 6th competition: Geneva In the Palexpo in Grand-Saconnex near Geneva, the sixth World Cup event of the 2011–2012 Western European League was held. The CHI Geneve was held in 2011 from December 8 to December 11. The World Cup competition was held there on December 11, 2011 at 2:15 pm. The sow jumping course was built there by Swiss course designer Rolf Lüdi. The first round was not a big problem for many of the competitors; 16 of 40 riders had no faults in that round – they were qualified for the jump-off. Also in the jump-off, 12 of 16 riders and their horses had no faults in the course; the best five riders had a time between 41.72 and 42.70 seconds. The competition had prize money of CHF 200,000. (top 3 of 40 competitors) 7th competition: London Already decorated for Christmas presents each year the Olympia London International Horse Show. This seventh Western European League event is held from December 13 to December 19, 2011. The World Cup competition was held at December 18 at 3:00 pm, the course designer was Bob Ellis from the United Kingdom. As usual at the London International Horse Show at number of competitions in this competition was with 34 no so high as at other Western European League events. In the first round one rider didn't finish the course, five rider had more than eight penalty points. In total eleven riders had no faults with their horses in the first round - so they was qualified for the jump-off. German rider Holger Wulschner on Cefalo narrowly miss the qualification for the jump: he need eight hundredths of seconds more than the time allowed for the course, so he had one time fault. In the jump-off a big number of riders had four penalty points, only three riders get clear in this round. With a victory in this competition Ben Maher was furthermore the "Leading Rider of the Show". (top 3 of 34 competitors) 8th competition: Mechelen In Mechelen, Belgium, traditionally the last big horse show in each year is held. This