With the U25 World Rankings, the U.S. seems well poised to continue to do well in Jumping, while in Eventing and Dressage, the future doesn't look as rosy.

Skylar Wireman on Tornado (Photo by High Desert Sport Photo)In Jumping, the U.S. has two in the top 10 and five in the top 20 , while in Eventing the U.S. has only one in the top 20 and in Dressage none in the top 20.

Jumping chef d'equipe Robert Ridland has spent years building up depth, which has clearly paid off.

Eventing and Dressage need to encourage participation and build up depth.

In Jumping, The only other country with two in the top 10 is France, and in the top 20 Belgium is closest to the U.S.  with four.

The U.S. has 13 in the top 50 in Jumping.

Skylar Wireman, a terrific talent who could use more top horses, is third, and Mimi Gochman is fifth.

Elisa Broz is 12th, Brian Moggre is 18th and Elena Haas is 19th. 

 Belgian Thibeau Spits, who took over at the head of the end-February U25 Jumping Rankings with the slimmest advantage of just seven points, has extended his lead to 117 points after some solid results in March, as well as celebrating turning 25 in the middle of the month.

Spits placed second in the mid-March Dutch Masters at ‘s-Hertogenbosch behind European champion Richard Vogel on United Touch S, and the he was just off the Paris podium a week later when finishing fifth in the final day’s feature.

Spits now has 2,060 points, leaving him comfortably clear of Antoine Ermann of France on 1,943.

 

WIREMAN, fourth in the previous U25 rankings, has overtaken Ireland’s Tom Wachman to sit third on 1,798 points, with Wachman on 1,650 now fourth, and  Gochman stayed fifth on 1,523.

In Eventing,the U.S. has just one in the top 20, with Meg Pellegrini the highest ranked rider in 20th.and only two in the top 50.

Great Britain has six in the top 20 while Germany and France have three each in the top 20.

For the U.S., Olivia Dutton, 35th, is the only other rider in the top 50.

In Dressage, the U.S. has no riders in the top 20, with Alicia Berger the highest placed at 24th.

Sophia Schults stands 38th and Josh Albreccht is 44th.

Sweden and Switzerland each  have two in the top 10 in Dressage.