EquiRatings Wednesday Weekly: Shake-ups after San Miguel de Allende

Although the CSIO5* of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico was the only competition to affect our Elo ratings last weekend, we did see some interesting shifts.

By far coming in as the highest-rated horse of the entire field, Laura Kraut’s Baloutinue came and delivered. The 13-year-old Olympian was the only horse to keep a clean sheet across two tough tracks in the Nations Cup and with that helped Team USA take the win. Thanks to this performance, his Elo has increased by 3 points, now sporting an Elo of 773 and overtaking Monaco N.O.P. (771) as the sixth highest-rated horse in the world right now. 

We also see a small shift in the Elo-ratings for nine-year-old horses, likewise due to one of Laura Kraut’s horses. Bisquetta Z produced a superb round in the 160 Grand Prix where the pair finished sixth ahead of several more experienced horses. Despite gaining 26 Elo points for this performance, Bisquetta Z is still rated as the fourth most successful nine-year-old so far this year on an Elo 679, just 6 points behind Richard Vogel’s Cepano Baloubet (685) and the Top 3. 

More significant changes can be spotted in the 10-year-old ranking, also by the hands of a US rider, Kent Farrington. He chose Landon to compete in both the Nations Cup and the Grand Prix, with victorious outcomes in both classes. These spectacular performances meant an 11 point increase in Elo, now sporting an Elo of 738 and entering the Top 3 of the best performing 10-year-olds in the world today, rating second only behind Shane Sweetnam’s James Kann Cruz (761).