Sönke Rothenberger & Cosmo Move to No. 2 in World Behind Isabell Werth & Weihegold

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Sönke Rothenberger on Cosmo at the European Championships Grand Prix Freestyle. © 2017 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

Sept. 4, 2017

Sönke Rothenberger and Cosmo moved up to No. 2 in the world behind fellow German European Championship team mates Isabell Werth and Weihegold OLD in the latest rankings released Monday.

Laura Graves of the United States and Verdades slipped one place to No. 3 while Isabell on Emilio stayed in the fourth slot and on Don Johnson FRH held on to the sixth slot..

The rankings that were mixed up by the European Championships two weeks ago where Isabell on Weihegold and Sönke on Cosmo placed first and second, respectively, in the Grand Prix, the Special and the Freestyle.

Carl Hester of Great Britain on Nip Tuck dropped two slots to fifth with team mate Spencer Wilton on Super Nova II moving up to 10th.

Denmark’s Cathrine Dufour and Cassidy remained in seventh with Therese Nilshagen on Dante Weltino OLD jumping to 12th from 27 the previous month.

The complete International Equestrian Federation (FEI) rankings are available here: https://data.fei.org/Ranking/Search.aspx?rankingCode=D_WR