Winner at Burghley and sporting the HSBC Number One armband - Andrew Nicholson Photo: Libby Law
With the latest Eventing World Rankings just released by the FEI, New Zealander Andrew Nicholson is on top and still sporting the HSBC World No.1 arm band with 627 points.
Britain’s William Fox-Pitt is in second place (566 points) and Germany’s Michael Jung is in third (517 points). The top placed Australian is Chris Burton in seventh place (381 points).
Australian riders in the Top 50 as at October 31st are;
|
Name |
Rank |
Previous Rank |
|
Christopher Burton |
7 |
5 |
|
Shane Rose |
11 |
13 |
|
Stuart Tinney |
14 |
14 |
|
Megan Jones |
18 |
18 |
|
Sonja Johnson |
20 |
23 |
|
Paul Tapner |
23 |
29 |
|
Emma Mason |
25 |
22 |
|
Lucinda Fredericks |
28 |
31 |
|
Sam Griffiths |
29 |
34 |
|
Emma Scott |
34 |
24 |
|
Andrew Hoy |
35 |
40 |
|
Tim Boland |
36 |
28 |
|
Clayton Fredericks |
39 |
17 |
|
Bill Levett |
45 |
53 |
Australia has the highest number of riders (14) in the top 50; there are 5 New Zealanders (Andrew Nicholson, Jonathan Paget, Mark Todd, Caroline Powell and Donna Smith), 10 British riders, 5 German, 7 American, 2 Italian, 2 Irish, 2 Swedish, 1 French, 1 Dutch and 1 Belgian rider.
In fact, if you take into account that Boyd Martin (10th) and Phillip Dutton (9th) were both born in the Southern Hemisphere, you have 21 of the 50 hailing from this region. Not sure what it means but wish we could bottle and sell it!
There are also several Australian riders knocking on the door of the top 50 with Will Enzinger, Rob Palm, Christine Bates and Soigne Jackson in the top 100
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