FEI Jumping U25
Thibeau Spits (BEL) had a relatively quiet September on the competition circuit after a sensational August when he claimed Team and Individual silver at the FEI Jumping World Championships 2026 in Aachen (GER) with Impress-K van’t Kattenheye Z. The Belgian remains the man to beat in the U25 division and is now marking his eighth month at the head of these important youth rankings. He first moved up to world number one in the end-February 2026 rankings, less than two weeks before turning 25 in mid-March, and no one has been able to topple him since. Back in February, Spits was sitting outside the top 50 in the Longines Rankings, but he is up into the world’s overall top 20, and he holds onto top spot in the combination rankings with Impress-K van’t Kattenheye Z. Spits’ tally leaves him a distance ahead of Antoine Ermann, although the Frenchman has closed the gap after posting the only double-clear on the winning French team at the final Longines League of Nations qualifier in St Tropez with Floyd des Pres. The UAE’s Omar Abdul Aziz Al Marzooqi holds onto third. Leading the Canadian charge is Cassidy Rein in 154th spot.
Brooke Mancusi and DeJohn Ymas. (Centre Line Media)
FEI Dressage Youth
The Swiss pairing of Milena Sophia Sulzer and Roksanda are atop the U25 Dressage ranking for the third successive month, heading an untouched top 10. Sulzer, 24, retains her advantage over second-placed and year-younger Robin Heiden (NED) with Hollywood. Heiden’s compatriot Lara van Nek and her U25 partner All At Once, who more than held their own among the senior ranks at the French CDI3* in Deauville in September where they picked up a Grand Prix Freestyle third and a Grand Prix fourth, remain third. In the Top-100, Canadian Brooke Mancusi with Dejohn Ymas are 44th.
In the Young Rider rankings, Canadian Alison Campbell-Wright and Vintage are 63rd, while Eliza Marshall sits 71st with Ramazzotti Langholt. Top Junior flying the maple leaf is Rose Lavallée and Sound of Silence 4, 202nd; in the Childrens rankings, Estella Gosniak is 49th with Impact, and Isla Grant is 69th riding Wonder Woman.
FEI Eventing U25, Young Riders & Juniors
Germany’s U25 world champion Calvin Böckmann is still heading the U25 rankings after three podium finishes with his less experienced horses during September, including a 3* win on home soil at Langenhagen with Bubine P, but his lead has been drastically reduced. The German is only barely ahead on points of Oliver Barrett after the Australian finished eighth at the British 4* in Blenheim with his Aachen World Championships ride Sandhills Briar. And there’s a newcomer in third: the USA’s Olivia Dutton was also in the Blenheim prize money after claiming 13th with Jewelent, the horse she rode to Individual bronze at the U25 Worlds in Millstreet (IRL). Top U25 Canadian is Chelsea Lowe, 258th, who is also 147th on the Young Riders list.
Jasmine Underwood, the British U25 Team gold medallist who came so close to an Individual medal with Indian Girl G when finishing fourth at Millstreet, remains at the head of the Young Riders division on an untouched 186 points, and is also up two places to fourth in the U25s. Ella Howard, the British junior athlete who was bidding for consecutive European titles with Marchwood but had to settle for Team bronze in Segersjö (SWE) at the end of August, has moved up a place in the rankings to reclaim world number one status. The only Canadian on the Junior rankings is Hailey Boeykens, 228th.
FEI Para Dressage U18
Elan Williams, the Grade I Para Dressage athlete who has yet to get the call-up for the British team, remains the dominant force in the U18 rankings. Grade I rider Clodagh Walsh is second, even though the Irish athlete has not been out on the international circuit since making her world championship debut in Aachen (GER) back in August. Lok Yee Louie Lam (Grade II), another championship debutant who flew the Hong Kong flag in Germany, stays third. Canada does not have any FEI-ranked U18 para dressage athletes.
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~ with files from FEI
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