Charlotte Dujardin and the Dutch warmblood gelding Valegro remain to be the number one pair on the lastest edition of the FEI Dressage Riders Ranking published on 31 December 2015.
Dujardin has been covering the number one slot on the FEI Riders Ranking since 2012, which is unprecedent. Dujardin had totalled 3101 points on the ranking.
Germany's number one Grand Prix rider, Kristina Bröring-Sprehe on the Hanoverian licensed stallion Desperados, has a firm hold on the number two spot with 2729 points.
Germany's Isabell Werth has jumped from fourth to third place with Madeleine Winter-Schulze's Hanoverian gelding Don Johnson. She has 2428 points.
British Carl Hester has improved three places following his World Cup win on Nip Tuck at the CDI-W London. He moves from 12th to 9th place with 2256 points. Edward Gal has made the biggest drop in the top 10 moving from a strong 3rd place with Undercover to 16th place with 2183 points. The Dutch rider did move from 16th to 12th place with his second ride Voice.
FEI Dressage Riders Ranking - 31 December 2015 (top 20)
- 1. (1) Charlotte Dujardin - Valegro - 3101
- 2. (2) Kristina Sprehe - Desperados - 2729
- 3. (4) Isabell Werth - Don Johnson - 2428
- 4. (5) Beatriz Ferrer Salat - Delgado - 2379
- 5. (6) Jessica von Bredow - Unee BB - 2340
- 6. (7) Hans Peter Minderhoud - Johnson - 2285
- 7. (8) Steffen Peters - Legolas - 2278
- 8. (9) Tinne Vilhelmson - Don Auriello - 2272
- 9. (12) Carl Hester - Nip Tuck - 2256
- 10. (10) Patrik Kittel - Deja - 2255
- 11. (11) Hans Peter Minderhoud - Flirt - 2246
- 12. (16) Edward Gal - Voice - 2228
- 13. (13) Diederik van Silfhout - Arlando - 2196
- 14. (14) Inessa Merkulova - Mister X - 2189
- 15. (15) Laura Graves - Verdades - 2189
- 16. (3) Edward Gal - Undercover - 2183
- 17. (20) Isabell Werth - El Santo -2134
- 18. (18) Fabienne Lutkemeier - D'Agostino - 2121
- 19. (19) Anabel Balkenhol - Dablino - 2117
- 20. (17) Patrik Kittel - Scandic - 2104
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