Charlotte Dujardin & Valegro Stay Atop World Rankings for 2nd Month

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Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro competing in the Olympic Grand Prix Freestyle. © Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Oct. 10–Olympic double gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro stayed atop the International Equestrian Federation’s world rankings for the second straight month, according to standings posted Wednesday.

Charlotte and the 10-year-old Dutch warmblood gelding had a total of 2,867 points, unchanged from the previous month when the pair became the first from Great Britain to lead the rankings.

Adelinde Cornelissen of the Netherlands and Jerich Parzival that had held the top spot for 13 months before being supplanted by Charlotte and Valegro stayed at No. 2.

The only change in top 10 rankings were Austria’s Victoria Max Theurer and Augustin OLD moving up to 8th place while Germany’s Ulla Salgeber and Herzruf’s Erbe slipped back to ninth.

In the post-Olympic month, Edward Gal and Glock’s Undercover climbed to 11th place from 17th but the biggest gain was for Anabel Balkenhol and Dablino FRH who competed for Germany as an individual combination at the London Games shot up to 18th place from 92nd.

Top 10 rankings:
Rank Previous FEI ID Athlete FEI ID Horse NF Points
1 1 10028440 DUJARDIN, Charlotte 102UB51 VALEGRO GBR 2867
2 2 10034410 CORNELISSEN, Adelinde NED08261 JERICH PARZIVAL NED 2760
3 3 10012844 LANGEHANENBERG, Helen GER26971 DAMON HILL NRW GER 2626
4 4 10015803 BECHTOLSHEIMER, Laura DEN02686 MISTRAL HOJRIS GBR 2591
5 5 10015852 SPREHE, Kristina GER45347 DESPERADOS FRH GER 2527
6 6 10011389 WERTH, Isabell GER44504 EL SANTO NRW GER 2325
7 7 10010349 TRUPPA, Valentina ITA42367 EREMO DEL CASTEGNO ITA 2319
8 9 10011484 MAX-THEURER, Victoria AUT05018 AUGUSTIN OLD AUT 2284
9 8 10011393 SALZGEBER, Ulla GER28121 HERZRUF’S ERBE GER 2276
10 10 10023552 SCHNEIDER, Dorothee GER45474 DIVA ROYAL GER 2262