When Richard Vogel became the world’s number one for the first time in August 2026, he was just 73 points ahead of the second-ranked rider, American Kent Farrington. “Richie” has now extended that lead to 108 points. Farrington, who recently guided his new promising young horse from Germany, Rexton, to his first Grand Prix victory, remains in second place (3,319).

Calgary: No Grand Prix victory, but points

Vogel had taken the lead in late August after the German team won team gold at the FEI World Championships in Aachen. In September, riding Cloudio, he won the Nations Cup with Team Germany in Calgary. In the Spruce Meadows Grand Prix, however, he and United Touch S fell short of victory—and thus of winning the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping. Still, he earned plenty of points toward the world rankings.

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Shane Sweetnam (IRL) moves

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from fifth to third place (3.171). His top horses, Coriaan van Klapscheut Z and World Championship horse James Kann Cruz, scored points. Scott Brash (GBR) is in fourth place with 3,097, followed by the new world champion, Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat (3,082). Despite his victory in the Calgary Grand Prix with Enjeu de Grisien, Ben Maher (GBR) remains in sixth place (2,966), the same as last month.

McLain Ward (USA) is in seventh place with 2,868 points. Nina Mallevaey (FRA) remains the top female rider in the rankings and is in eighth place (2,847). Daniel Bluman, competing for Israel, moved up four spots, returning to the top 10 by climbing from 13th to ninth place (2,787). Daniel Deußer (GER) is in tenth place with 2,777 points, two spots lower than before.

Sophie Hinners Has Her Sights Set on the Top 10

Sophie Hinners moved up five spots after her victory in the Global Champions Tour event in Vienna. She is now twelfth (2,685). Olympic champion Christian Kukuk remains among the world’s top 20, ranked 18th (2,513). He moved up two spots. Christian Ahlmann is 42nd (2,000) and Philipp Weishaupt is 45th (1,986).

World Show Jumping Rankings, September 2026