Jumping: Brash remains world number one
Scott Brash (GBR), who topped the Grand Prix winners’ parade with Hello Chadora Lady in Paris, France, last month, has held onto the number one spot in the Longines Rankings, but his advantage over second-placed Kent Farrington has shrunk after the American claimed the late-March $1,000,000 Wellington Grand Prix with Greya (note that these rankings only include results until March 31; the recent World Cup Final will influence next month’s rankings). Richard Vogel takes over third from Ben Maher (GBR) after a run of four victories for the German at Ocala and Wellington. Belgium’s Gilles Thomas is fifth.
Nina Mallevaey (FRA) holds onto her best female crown, up one place to sixth. Interesting to note that McLain Ward (USA), who was 10th, is now 12th and was not able to challenge for his second Longines World Cup title in Texas last weekend after breaking a bone in his hand in a mid-March jump-off fall at Wellington, and is now also recovering from a back injury.
Canadian Erynn Ballard continues to edge up the leaderboard and has moved from 33rd to 32nd. Tiffany Foster has broken back into the top-100 again in 95th place, while Mario Deslauriers is knocking on the door in 102nd.
Longines League of Nations: Team USA maintains its lead
Team USA still has the advantage over all its rivals; second-placed Belgium has edged closer to the USA’s lead, however. There’s a switch immediately behind the leading pair, with France overtaking Britain to snatch third, and Team GBR now down in fourth, with Ireland fifth. Canada is 11th.
Dressage: Laudrup-Dufour rises to the top
Denmark’s Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour has been confirmed as the new world number one, moving up from 25th place to take the top position. She remains the only Danish athlete ever to reach the top spot, having previously held the position for four consecutive months from February to May 2025. Behind her, former number one Justin Verboomen (BEL) moves into second place, closely followed by Germany’s Isabell Werth in third, Great Britain’s Charlotte Fry takes fourth position with 1,911 points, while compatriot Becky Moody completes the Top 5 (World Cup Final points will count in next month’s rankings).
Laudrup-Dufour’s leading horse, Mount St John Freestyle, has also risen to the top of the FEI Dressage World Rankings for Horses. In second and third place are Zonik Plus (Justin Verboomen) and Wendy de Fontaine (Isabell Werth), both previously ranked world number one among horses.
Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu continues to lead the Canadian effort in 24th place, with Camille Carier Bergeron now 71st. (Fraser-Beaulieu has been ousted from top spot in the CDI2* rankings by just a single point, but remains on top of the 1* list). Alexandra Duncan rounds out the top 100. New to the CDI3* list is Canada’s Erin Silo, who debuts at 233rd with her partner Jett.
Eventing: Meade comfortable on top
Britain’s Harry Meade, who has five entries for next month’s MARS Badminton Horse Trials and three of those cross-entered for this month’s Defender Kentucky Three-Day, remains comfortably out in front of the rankings. Boyd Martin (USA), who has three horses listed for the Kentucky 5*, one of which is also entered for Badminton, holds on in second place, ahead of reigning European champion Laura Collett. Collett, who is aiming for Badminton with her Burghley 10th-placed ride Bling, is currently recovering from surgery after a cross-country training fall last month.
Jessica Phoenix, who is the only Canadian entry in the CCI4*-S at Kentucky later this month, is the sole top-100 Canadian, now 55th. Colleen Loach deserves mention as she rocketed up the leaderboard from 454th to 122nd thanks to two wins and a second in March with FE Golden Eye and Chiaro Z Excalibur in early season openers.
Para-Dressage: Howard keeps USA out in front
No surprise that Paris 2024 Paralympic Games triple gold medallist Fiona Howard (USA) is still the dominant force in the Para Dressage rankings, despite having undergone kidney surgery at the end of last year resulting in seven weeks hospitalization. The 27-year-old Grade II athlete boosted her points tally with another clean sweep and new records, this time on home turf in Wellington last month, but with a new temporary partner, the mare Vianne, who is normally ridden by Howard’s long-time trainer Kate Shoemaker. Germany’s Heidemarie Dresing (Grade II) holds onto second, with Shoemaker (Grade IV) third.
The USA maintains its grip at the head of the team rankings, with Great Britain and Germany unmoved in second and third. Canada has moved from 21st to 18th, thanks in large part to Jody Schloss, who has moved from 56th to 29th ahead of Roberta Sheffield (42nd). Mention should also be made of 2010 WEG team member Madison Lawson, back in FEI CPEDI competition last year following a 10-year hiatus and placing well with Lawson, debuting this month at 194th spot.
Driving: Sandman takes over top spot in Pairs
Germany’s Anna Sandmann takes over at number one, while her compatriot Lars Schwitte is also up a place in second. February leader Stan van Eijk is now down to third on 104. There is no reshuffling of the order in the four-in-hand, however, with Boyd Exell (AUS) still dominating ahead of closest rival, Bram Chardon (NED).
French driver Marion Vignaud is still the one to beat in the singles ranking, but her biggest rival for that top spot is now Clement Deschamps (FRA), who has moved up from fifth. Kelly Bruder of Canada has slipped a bit from 4th to 6th.
Endurance: French lead the list
Melody Theolissat, who has been competing only at the 1* and 2* levels so far this season and has yet to get back onto the 160-kilometre rides, still reigns at the helm of the Endurance Riders rankings. Fellow Frenchwoman May Manifacier, who had moved up to second at the end of February, has slid to third behind Argentina’s Yair Manno, who tragically died in January, but whose points are still registered. Top Canadian is Annie Wang, who sits just outside the top 100 in 110th, moving up from 163rd last month following a 2nd-place finish in the CEI3* 160 in Vittorito, Italy riding Zaira Del Ma. (Watch some video snippets of their race in Italy’s beautiful countryside on Annie’s Instagram account HERE.) She and Zaira are now qualified as a combination for the FEI Endurance World Championships 2026.
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