Denmark’s Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour & Mount St. John Freestyle Maintain World No. 1 Ranking

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Mount St. John Freestyle ridden by Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour of Denmark at Paris Olympics. File photo. © Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

April 1, 2025

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour of Denmark and Mount St. John Freestyle maintained world No. 1 ranking in the latest standings released Tuesday.

Isabell Werth readying for her 26th World Cup Final was No. 2 and the Basel, Switzerland championship favorite Charlotte “Lottie” Fry was third while Glamourdale overtook DSP Quantaz to move up a spot to second.

Becky Moody of Britain and her Jagerbomb both climbed to No. 4 in the rankings for riders and horses that are calculated separately..

American Adrienne Lyle moved two places to rank 18th while her Olympic partner Helix owned by Zen Elite Equestrian climbed four spots  to 16th as the move to the World Cup Final this week.

Anna Marek jumped up six places to 26th.

Kevin Kohmann on Dünensee on earning a start at the World Cup Final in Basel Switzerlandf, the second championship for the American combination. © 2025 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

Kevin Kohmann, fellow American World Cup finalist, made a similar move by jumping up to 28th. The Wellington-based rider also led the CDI1* Rankings for the second month.

Other big moves into the top 10 were Poland’s Sandra Sysojeva uo to 7th from 11 the previous month and Justin Verboomen of Belgium up to 9th from 18.

At the CDI2* level, Lana Portejoie of France remained No. 1.

Sylvia Gugler, the Germany-based USA rider who competed throughout the winter-long Global Dressage Festival in Florida, vaulted to No. 1 from 18th while Marcus Orlob of USA dropped a place to 3rd.

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