She’s not a show jumper, but even so, Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour made a huge leap from twenty-fifth place to first in the world dressage rankings as they turned over for a new month.
Cathrine laudrup-Dufour
Her horse, Mount St. John Freestyle, also is number one, replacing Zonk Plus, now number two as his rider, Justin Verboomen of Belgium, dropped to second.
Cathrine, the only Dane ever to reach the top of the rankings has been in that spot before.
The highest-ranked U.S. rider, Christian Simonson, dropped from ninth to twelfth.
We won’t see Cathrine, Justin, or world three and four, Isabell Werth (Germany) and Lottie Fry (Great Britain) at the World Cup finals in Ft. Worth next week, even though Lottie is the defending champion. But Christian will be there.
To read more about the World Cup dressage, click on this link from last month.