The new FEI Dressage Riders' Ranking has been published today and Edward Gal has taken pole position. Gal and his European gold medal winning horse Totilas jumped from third to first place, overtaking the previous leader and team mate Dutch Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival.
The current FEI Dressage Riders' Ranking includes points obtained by the riders at events starting from 1st December 2008 till 30th November 2009. Therefore, the list is also based on the results of the CDI Stuttgart, where Gal made his winning coming back since the European Championships.
The current top 20 includes:
(rank - previous rank - rider - horse - nation - points)
- 1 - 3 GAL, Edward - TOTILAS - NED - 2527
- 2 - 1 CORNELISSEN, Adelinde - PARZIVAL - NED- 2235
- 3 - 2 WERTH, Isabell - SATCHMO- GER- 2233
- 4 - 4 VAN GRUNSVEN, Anky - SALINERO - NED- 2202
- 5 - 5 PETERS, Steffen - RAVEL - USA - 2145
- 6 - 6 BECHTOLSHEIMER, Laura - MISTRAL HOJRIS - GBR - 2119
- 7 - 7 VAN GRUNSVEN, Anky - PAINTED BLACK - NED - 1984
- 8 - 8 RATH, Matthias Alexander - STERNTALER-UNICEF - GER- 1875
- 9 - 9 MINDERHOUD, Hans Peter - NADINE - NED - 1855
- 10 - 11 SCHELLEKENS-BARTELS, Imke - SUNRISE - NED - 1807
- 11 - 10 THEODORESCU, Monica - WHISPER - GER- 1802
- 12 - 12 KYRKLUND, Kyra - MAX- FIN - 1793
- 13 - 13 MAX – THEURER, Victoria - AUGUSTIN - AUT- 1784
- 14 - 15 HOLZER, Ashley - POP ART- CAN- 1769
- 15 - 14 HINDLE, Emma - LANCET - GBR - 1765
- 16 - 16 ZU SAYN – WITTGENSTEIN, Nathalie - DIGBY - DEN- 1726
- 17 - 17 SALZGEBER, Ulla - HERZRUF’S ERBE - GER - 1721
- 18 - 18 KITTEL, Patrick - SCANDIC - SWE - 1702
- 19 - 19 KORELOVA, Alexandra - BALAGUR - RUS - 1630
- 20 - 20 DOMINGO COLL, Jordi - PRESTIGE - ESP - 1629
Photo © Barbara Schnell
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