Jumping: Farrington holds onto world number one
Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ champion Kent Farrington has held onto his world number one ranking for a second consecutive month, but there’s a new challenger champing at the American’s heels in the form of Germany’s 2025 European champion Richard Vogel. The German’s latest success includes a spectacular Aachen Grand Prix win with United Touch S. Former world number one Scott Brash (GBR), who had already been relegated last month by his US rival, is down another slot and sits third. Brash’s compatriot Ben Maher, who just missed out on Aachen’s three-way Grand Prix jump-off to finish fourth with Enjeu de Grisien, remains fourth, with Belgium’s Gilles Thomas holding fifth.
Canada’s Erynn Ballard continues to nudge up the rankings and now sits 25th, while Tiffany Foster has dropped a bit from 86th to 96th.
In the FEI U25 Ranking, Sam Walker has improved from 90th to 87th.
Longines League of Nations: Team USA’s lead shrinks
Team USA, which boasts four of the world’s top-20 – number one Farrington, Laura Kraut (9th), McLain Ward (14th) and Karl Cook (16th) – continues its long-term dominance of the Longines League of Nations™ Ranking, but their main adversaries Belgium have narrowed the gap. Great Britain is still third, but Germany has now overtaken France for fourth, leaving Les Bleus in fifth. Canada is 12th.
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Para-Dressage: Howard keeps USA out in front
Fiona Howard, who has yet to bring out her Paris 2024 Paralympic gold medal partner Diamond Dunes this year, has nevertheless had a busy season and the American Grade II athlete added two more wins with her own Ferguston in Aalborg (DEN) last month to maintain her hold on the top spot in the world Para Dressage individual rankings. Her lead over compatriot Kate Shoemaker (Grade IV) has shrunk, however. Germany’s Heidemarie Dresing (Grade II) stays third, but there’s a new arrival in at number four in the form of Denmark’s Tobias Thorning Joergensen, who has shot up from 50th to fourth in the global rankings and has also taken over at the head of the Grade III standings. Equally impressive, Australia’s Lisa Martin has moved up 64 places from 74th to 10th and now leads the Grade V rankings, in which she was previously 17th.
For Canada, Jody Schloss remains 24th ahead of Roberta Sheffield, 41st, but there are some names that have made a considerable leap and moved into the top-100 recently: Eleanore Elstone, 47th, Laura Hall, 49th, and Madison Lawson, 87th.
With Howard and Shoemaker both heading their individual Grades, the USA remains out in front in the team rankings on a total of 1,326 points. Great Britain (1,316) stays second, but Denmark has now moved up into third on the same score, relegating Germany (1,310) to fourth. Canada is 10th.
Driving: Change and no change, that’s Driving!
There are changes at the top of both the Pairs and Singles Driving rankings, but Boyd Exell is – as always – the man of the moment in the Four-in-Hand division, but Dries Degrieck (BEL) is closing the gap after winning the mid-May FEI Driving World Cup™ qualifier in Windsor (GBR) on the back of four other victories this year already.
In the Pairs, Stan van Eijk (NED) has taken over as world number one after finishing second in Saumur (FRA) at the end of the month to pole vault over former rankings leader, Lars Schwitte (GER). Marion Vignaud (FRA) has returned to her former #1 position in the Singles category; her closest challenger is Dutch driver Larissa Jansma, ahead of the previous month’s rankings leader, Kelly Bruder (CAN) in third.
Endurance: No changes at the top
French domination continues in the world rider rankings, with five of the top eight representing France, and it is again Melody Theolissat who leads not just those five French females but the whole world at number one. Canada’s top rider in Annie Wang, improving from 137th to 121st.
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~ with files from FEI Communications
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