<p>Welcome to the EquiRatings Archive, a treasure trove of timeless tales that celebrate the unique bond between horse and rider, the thrill of competition, and the beauty of this age-old tradition. Here, you'll find an extensive collection of stories from the world of equestrian sports, covering everything in show jumping and eventing.</p>

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<div style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; color: #000000;">1 win, 4 podiums</div>
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<div style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; color: #000000;">7 starts</div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.5px; color: #555555;">Coriaan van Klapscheut Z&rsquo;s 1m60 experience</div>
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<p>Two five-star Grand Prix winners this weekend, and two very different stories behind them. In Valkenswaard, a long-serving campaigner turned years of near misses into another big win. In Toronto, a ten-year-old with barely a handful of 1m60 starts to his name beat a strong field without touching a rail.</p>
<p>Between them, Yuri Mansur and Vitiki, and Shane Sweetnam and Coriaan van Klapscheut Z, sum up the range of paths to the top of the sport. One built on mileage, the other on rapid rise.</p>
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<p style="font-style: italic; color: #555555; margin-bottom: 8px;">CSI5* Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Valkenswaard, 1m60</p>
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<td style="padding: 10px 12px;"><strong>Vitiki</strong> &amp; Yuri Mansur (BRA)</td>
<td style="padding: 10px 12px;">Clear, 37.27 sec jump-off</td>
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<td style="padding: 10px 12px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">2</td>
<td style="padding: 10px 12px;">Casual DV Z &amp; Pieter Devos (BEL)</td>
<td style="padding: 10px 12px;">Clear, 37.97 sec jump-off</td>
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<td style="padding: 10px 12px;">Trezeguet &amp; Annelies Vorsselmans (BEL)</td>
<td style="padding: 10px 12px;">Clear, 38.85 sec jump-off</td>
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<div style="background-color: #f3efe5; border-left: 4px solid #b8862a; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 20px 0; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Elo Rating</strong> is EquiRatings&rsquo; head-to-head rating system. It moves up or down after every start based on who a horse beat and lost to, so a win against a strong field moves the number more than a win against a weak one.</div>
<p>Vitiki has been a fixture at this level for years. Sixty-nine classifications and 77 rounds deep, with four podium finishes to his name coming into the weekend. But only one of those had been a win. That is the profile of a horse who competes at the sharp end consistently without always landing the big result, and it is exactly why this one stood out.</p>
<p>Beating a five-star field that included Pieter Devos and Annelies Vorsselmans, going fastest of five clear jump-off rounds, was a step above his usual pattern. His Elo rating of 694 heading into the weekend already reflected a horse who competes well above average. This result adds real weight to that number.</p>
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<p style="font-style: italic; color: #555555; margin-bottom: 8px;">CSI5* Major League Show Jumping Grand Prix of Toronto, 1m60</p>
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<td style="padding: 10px 12px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; color: #b8862a;">1</td>
<td style="padding: 10px 12px;"><strong>Coriaan van Klapscheut Z</strong> &amp; Shane Sweetnam (IRL)</td>
<td style="padding: 10px 12px;">Double clear</td>
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<td style="padding: 10px 12px;">Descartes SR &amp; Kent Farrington (USA)</td>
<td style="padding: 10px 12px;">Clear, 4 in jump-off</td>
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<td style="padding: 10px 12px;">Acajou &amp; Ilan Bluman (COL)</td>
<td style="padding: 10px 12px;">Clear, 4 in jump-off</td>
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<p>Coriaan van Klapscheut Z came into the weekend with just seven starts at 1m60 and only one podium finish, no wins. This was only his second five-star Grand Prix. Producing the only double clear of the day, ahead of Kent Farrington and Ilan Bluman, is a serious result for a horse this new to the level.</p>
<p>It is the kind of win that moves a rating fast. His Elo of 733 already sits among the top five for a ten-year-old anywhere in the sport, and a clean sweep of a five-star field like this pushes that further. Where Vitiki&rsquo;s win closed out a long road for another big result, Sweetnam&rsquo;s came from a horse still building his record, and doing it quickly.</p>
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<p style="font-size: 14px; color: #dddddd; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 0;">One horse proving that consistency eventually pays off. The other proving how fast a young horse can announce himself at the top level. Both wins matter for very different reasons.</p>
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<p>Two winners, two Elo ratings heading in opposite directions on the experience curve, and one clear takeaway. At five-star level, there is no single route to the top. Keep an eye on both ratings as the season moves toward its close. A horse this fast at ten years old, and a horse this reliable at any age, are both worth watching.</p>

Two Roads to a Five-Star Win

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Rising Lions v Stars & Stripes: The Numbers Behind the First-Ever Blenheim Challenge

Stars of the Five-Stars: Cairo, Washington and San Miguel de Allende

Gemma Stevens, Katie Magee, and Caroline Pamukcu on the Burghley podium

Burghley's First All-Female Podium Since 1989

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<p>Four previous attempts, no podiums. Ben Maher finally got past the CPKC 'International' on Sunday, and it took a six-horse jump-off to win it. The day earlier at the same venue, Germany put together the kind of clean sweep that decides Nations Cups before the final round even starts. And in Michigan, the two horses everyone expected to fight out the MLSJ Grand Prix both got beaten by a partnership having only its third start together at the level.</p>
<p>Three results, and three different kinds of story: patience finally rewarded, dominance running exactly to schedule, and a big occasion arriving early.</p>
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<h2><strong>Spruce Meadows: Maher finally gets his major</strong></h2>
<p>The CPKC 'International', presented by Rolex, is run over two rounds of Table A before a jump-off among whoever is tied at the top. Six combinations made it that far on four faults each, and the tie-break came down to who could go fastest without adding more.</p>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 41.360787%;"><strong>Enjeu De Grisien</strong></td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 35.317815%;">Ben Maher (GBR)</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); text-align: right; width: 23.23187%;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: #b8862a;">0 / 41.40s</span></td>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 35.317815%;">Lillie Keenan (USA)</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); text-align: right; width: 23.23187%;">0 / 41.85s</td>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 35.317815%;">Steve Guerdat (SUI)</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); text-align: right; width: 23.23187%;">0 / 42.25s</td>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 41.360787%;">Cavoiro &ndash; H Old</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 35.317815%;">Roy Van Beek (BEL)</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); text-align: right; width: 23.23187%;">0 / 47.88s</td>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 41.360787%;">United Touch S</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 35.317815%;">Richard Vogel (GER)</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); text-align: right; width: 23.23187%;">4 / 41.92s</td>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; width: 41.360787%;">Django II</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; width: 35.317815%;">Katie Laurie (NZL)</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; text-align: right; width: 23.23187%;">4 / 46.84s</td>
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<p>Going in, the story most were watching for was Richard Vogel completing the Rolex Grand Slam. It ended up being Ben Maher's day instead, a long-awaited first Rolex Major win of his own.</p>
<div style="background: #f3efe5; border-left: 3px solid #b8862a; padding: 14px 18px; margin: 16px 0 32px; font-size: 15px; color: #2a3038;"><strong style="color: #8a6418; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.15em; text-transform: uppercase; display: block; margin-bottom: 4px;">What Was the Format?</strong>The CPKC 'International', presented by Rolex, was two rounds of jumping which resulted in a combined score. No combination was able to secure a double clear which meant all four faulters jumped off.</div>
<p>Maher had four faults in the first round and needed a clear in the second just to make the jump-off, then went fastest of the four who stayed clean there. The margin over Keenan was 0.45 seconds. It was Maher's first win in the CPKC 'International', his second individual win with Enjeu De Grisien, and their seventh individual podium together at 1.60m level. The pair have now gone clear in the jump-off in seven straight five-star starts at that height. It's also Maher's first Rolex Major win, putting him on the board for the Rolex Grand Slam with eyes on Geneva.</p>
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<h2><strong>BMO Nations Cup: Germany barely puts a foot wrong</strong></h2>
<p>Nine teams started the BMO Nations Cup on Saturday. Five finished it. Germany won by a distance most teams never get near in a Nations Cup, four faults across the two rounds.</p>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e3dd; text-align: right;">4</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e3dd; text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e3dd; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: #b8862a;">4</span></td>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e3dd; text-align: right;">8</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e3dd; text-align: right;">9</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e3dd; text-align: right;">17</td>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e3dd; text-align: right;">17</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e3dd; text-align: right;">4</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e3dd; text-align: right;">21</td>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e3dd;">Great Britain</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e3dd; text-align: right;">2</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e3dd; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #b8501f; font-weight: bold;">24</span></td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e3dd; text-align: right;">26</td>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; text-align: right;">16</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; text-align: right;">30</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; text-align: right;">46</td>
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<p>Sophie Hinners produced the only double clear of the competition, jumping Iron Dames My Prins fault-free in both rounds, and every rider on the German team put at least one clear round on the board for the team.</p>
<p>Ireland finished second on 17, with Conor Swail and Clonterm Obolensky adding just a single fault in round two. Belgium were third on 21, and Great Britain fourth on 26.</p>
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<h2><strong>Traverse City: the rivalry that was outdone</strong></h2>
<p>Every angle going into the MLSJ Grand Prix pointed at two horses. Shane Sweetnam and James Kann Cruz went in as favourites at a 26% win chance, Kent Farrington and Greya close behind at 23% and expected to climb further if the class went to a jump-off. The two horses are close to level on Elo, 789 for James Kann Cruz and 784 for Greya, and both sit inside the top five jumpers in the world.</p>
<p>The history between them made the build-up. Twenty-three head-to-head meetings at five-star level, Greya ahead 12 to 11 overall. Between them, the pair also own the MLSJ Grand Prix of Traverse City: James Kann Cruz in 2022 and 2024, Greya in 2025.&nbsp;</p>
<p>My Clementine and Nina Mallevaey went double clear and beat both favourites in the jump-off to take the win outright. Farrington and Greya were the closest of the two, going double clear themselves to finish second, just 0.10 seconds slower than the winner. Sweetnam and James Kann Cruz finished just behind both in third.</p>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 32.900626%;"><strong>My Clementine</strong></td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 41.763651%;">Nina Mallevaey (FRA)</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); text-align: right; width: 25.246194%;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: #b8862a;">0 / 40.56s</span></td>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 32.900626%;">Greya</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 41.763651%;">Kent Farrington (USA)</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); text-align: right; width: 25.246194%;">0 / 40.66s</td>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 32.900626%;">James Kann Cruz</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 41.763651%;">Shane Sweetnam (IRL)</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); text-align: right; width: 25.246194%;">0 / 40.97s</td>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 32.900626%;">Mr Boombastic</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); width: 41.763651%;">Natalie Dean (USA)</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 227, 221); text-align: right; width: 25.246194%;">0 / 46.03s</td>
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<td style="padding: 12px 14px; width: 32.900626%;">Henry Jota Ariel</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; width: 41.763651%;">Hunter Holloway (USA)</td>
<td style="padding: 12px 14px; text-align: right; width: 25.246194%;">8 / 44.76s</td>
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<p>Dean and Mr Boombastic also went double clear but couldn't match the pace of the front three, and Holloway's Henry Jota Ariel jumped the first clear but eight faults in the jump-off landed them in fifth.</p>
<p>My Clementine's Elo of 706 put her lower on the list of pre-event favorites, but the result marks new ground for the partnership. This was Mallevaey and My Clementine's first five-star Grand Prix win together, and only their third competitive start at 1.60m as a combination, in a field built around a rivalry the pair sped past.</p>
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<p>Three different tests, three different kinds of winner. Maher had the horse and just needed the jump-off to go his way after years of near misses in Rolex Majors. Germany had the depth to win a Nations Cup without needing a drop score to bail anyone out. And Mallevaey had neither the long track record nor the deep r&eacute;sum&eacute; at the level with My Clementine, but the pair proved strong enough to beat two of the sport's most established names at their own game.</p>

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