Judy Reynolds Climbs 20 Places to 80th in World Dressage Rankings
Judy Reynolds and Vancouver K (Photo courtesy of Marta Fusetti)
Irish National Champion Judy Reynolds has moved up twenty places to number 80 in the latest monthly FEI World Individual Dressage Ranking [Version No: 172 1/5/2014 to 30/4/2015 Published Wednesday, May 6, 2015]. Written by Paul Nolan
James Connor (Photo supplied courtesy of to Marta Fusetti)
Judy set a new Irish international Grand Prix Kür(Freestyle to Music) record score of 75.775% when placing sixth with Joe & Kathleen Reynolds' 13-year-old Jazz gelding Vancouver K at the four-star show in Hagen, Germany last month. She also picked up more ranking points for a personal best score of 70.70% when placing sixth in the Hagen FEI Grand Prix class. Significantly Hagen is the first Olympic Athlete/Horse ranking show Judy has competed at during the FEI Olympic ranking period [9/3/2015 to 6/3/2016] which is part of the process to determine the individual dressage combinations that will qualify to compete in Rio. Reynolds (33) from Kilteel, Co. Kildare and currently based in Germany has moved up 43 places in the World rankings in the last two months. James Connor (55) from Dublin and based in Italy has moved up 133 places in one month to 253rd in the World rankings after placing second with his 10-year-old Oldenburg gelding Casino' Royal in the Grand Prix Special at the CDI3* show in Caselle Di Sommacampagna, Italy in April on a score of 66.55%. Judy and James have both qualified to compete at the 2015 FEI European Dressage Championships in Aachen, Germany this August. The FEI World Individual Dressage rankings differ from the Longines World Individual Jumping rankings as the dressage ranking is calculated on a horse and rider combination basis. For example, Bertram Allen's jumping ranking is based on his results with a number of horses including Molly Malone V, Romanov, Belmonde and Wild Thing L. This is not the case in dressage. For example, leading German international rider Isabell Werth appears six times in the latest FEI World Individual Dressage rankings with Bella Rose 2(6th), Don Johnson (13th), El Santo (20th), Weihegold OLD (490th), Harmonie (503rd) and Der Stern OLD (570th). The ranking is based on the best eight scores of the horse and rider combination, in the designated period, in Grand Prix, Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Kür(Freestyle to Music) classes. There are some minor adjustments to reflect the higher scoring at freestyle level and a range of bonus points for Olympic Games, Championships, World Cup Final, World Cup Qualifiers along with Nations' Cup and four and five star shows. The current FEI World Individual Dressage rankings list is comprised of 780 horse and rider combinations.
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