Lyon and Rabat by the Numbers: Inside This Week’s Five-Star Lineups
Point Break leads a deep Lyon World Cup field on Elo at 788, while Beauville Z brings 69 career clears to the LGCT Grand Prix of Rabat.
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Highest Elo across both fields
Ben Maher and Point Break
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788
Current Elo
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59%
Career clear rate, CSI5* 1.60m
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12/15
Clear rounds at the level in 2026
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Two five-star Grands Prix share Sunday. Lyon hosts its Longines FEI Jumping World Cup qualifier at 15:00, the closing class of Equita Lyon. On the same day in Morocco, the Longines Global Champions Tour runs its Grand Prix of Rabat.
The two entry lists have a different shape. Lyon has nine horses with an Elo of 750 or higher. Rabat has four.
Both fields arrive with wins behind them. The Lyon entries have won 12 Grands Prix at CSI5* 1.60m this year, shared between seven riders. The Rabat entries have won eight, shared between six.
Lyon: Point Break sets the mark
Point Break carries the highest Elo on either entry list at 788. Ben Maher’s horse has jumped clear in 36 of 61 rounds at CSI5* 1.60m. That is a 59% clear rate on courses that produced clears 29% of the time. No Lyon horse with 20 or more rounds at the level has a better rate.
His 2026 has been sharper still. Twelve of his 15 rounds at the level were clear. He won the Grand Prix of Rotterdam in June, was second in the Rolex Grand Prix at Windsor, helped Great Britain to team bronze at the World Championships in Aachen and finished third in the LGCT Grand Prix of Cairo last Saturday.
The World Cup form line
Steve Guerdat and Albfuehren’s Iashin Sitte know how World Cup qualifiers are won. They took Leipzig in January and Helsinki in March, then finished sixth at the Final in Fort Worth. In August they won the Rolex Grand Prix of Ireland in Dublin, and in September they were third in the CPKC ‘International’.
Three Grand Prix wins this year puts Guerdat level with Piergiorgio Bucci for the most among the Lyon riders. The pair jumped clear in 13 of their 21 rounds at the level in 2026.
Willem Greve and Grandorado TN N.O.P. are the other World Cup winners in the field this year. They won in Göteborg in February, then placed fourth in the Grand Prix Hermès in Paris and third in the Grand Prix of Rotterdam.
The 2025 podium returns
Olivier Perreau and GL Events Dorai d’Aiguilly won this class last year in front of a home crowd, at the head of an all-French podium. They are back, with 94 rounds at CSI5* 1.60m behind them, four wins and ten podiums.
Their 2026 includes third place in the LGCT Grand Prix of Paris, fourth in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and places on winning French teams in the League of Nations in Abu Dhabi and the Nations Cup at La Baule.
Antoine Ermann and Floyd des Pres finished third here a year ago. Their career clear rate at the level is 54%, from 20 clears in 37 rounds. Among Lyon horses with 30 or more rounds, only Point Break has a better rate.
Lyon: four more to watch
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Impress-K van't Kattenheye Z
Thibeau Spits (BEL)
Individual silver at the World Championships in Aachen. Won the Grand Prix at Fontainebleau and jumped clear in 17 of 25 rounds at the level this year.
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Second on Elo
Dynastie de Beaufour
Nina Mallevaey (FRA)
Rated 781, second only to Point Break in Lyon. Career clear rate of 54% at CSI5* 1.60m and eighth individually in Aachen.
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| Steady clears
Cloudio
Richard Vogel (GER)
Thirteen clears from 21 rounds in 2026. Second in the Falsterbo Grand Prix, third in Rome, and part of Germany’s winning team at the League of Nations Final.
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Two horses, three wins
Pallieter vd N.Ranch and Hantano
Piergiorgio Bucci (ITA)
Pallieter won the LGCT Grand Prix of Mexico City and the Rolex Grand Prix of Rome. Hantano won the Rolex Grand Prix of La Baule. Both are entered.
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Lyon top ten by Elo
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| Horse / Rider | Elo | Career clear rate | Career wins | 2026 clears | 2026 GP wins |
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Point Break
Ben Maher (GBR)
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788 | 59% (36/61) | 5 | 12 of 15 | 1 |
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Dynastie de Beaufour
Nina Mallevaey (FRA)
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781 | 54% (30/56) | 3 | 11 of 19 | 0 |
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Impress-K van't Kattenheye Z
Thibeau Spits (BEL)
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774 | 50% (34/68) | 3 | 17 of 25 | 1 |
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Cloudio
Richard Vogel (GER)
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768 | 51% (18/35) | 4 | 13 of 21 | 0 |
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Albfuehren's Iashin Sitte
Steve Guerdat (SUI)
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766 | 41% (19/46) | 5 | 13 of 21 | 3 |
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Grandorado TN N.O.P.
Willem Greve (NED)
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764 | 43% (23/54) | 4 | 9 of 15 | 1 |
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Pepita van t Meulenhof BR
Daniel Deusser (GER)
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758 | 26% (5/19) | 1 | 6 of 16 | 0 |
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Enjeu de Grisien
Ben Maher (GBR)
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757 | 35% (16/46) | 5 | 7 of 15 | 1 |
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GL Events Dorai d'Aiguilly
Olivier Perreau (FRA)
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752 | 27% (25/94) | 4 | 8 of 20 | 0 |
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Minute Man
Henrik von Eckermann (SWE)
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741 | 40% (10/25) | 1 | 5 of 10 | 0 |
Rabat: the Beauville benchmark
Maikel van der Vleuten and Beauville Z N.O.P. hold the longest record in either field. Nine wins and 27 podiums at the level, a 55% clear rate and a peak Elo of 796.
Beauville has had a quieter 2026, with six starts at the level. The best came in the spring and summer: fifth in the LGCT Grand Prix of Miami Beach and eighth in London, double clear both times.
Sophie Hinners and Iron Dames Singclair top the Rabat field on Elo at 777. Their career clear rate at the level is also 55%. This year they were third in the Rolex Grand Prix of Aachen after three clear rounds, and won team gold with Germany at the World Championships.
Rabat: the form horses
Max Kühner and EIC Up Too Jacco Blue won two big classes this year. They took the LGCT Grand Prix of Paris in June and the World Cup in Oslo on 11 October. Nine career wins at the level puts them level with Beauville for the most in Rabat.
Abdel Saïd and Wathnan Quaker Brimbelles Z won the LGCT Grand Prix of Rome the same day, with a double clear. They also helped Belgium to team silver in Aachen and are rated 760.
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Cordial
Denis Lynch (IRL)
Nine clears from 12 rounds this year, the best rate in Rabat among horses with ten or more rounds. Second in the LGCT Grand Prix of Paris and nine career podiums at the level.
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Dinard winner
Primo DV
Pieter Devos (BEL)
Won the Rolex Grand Prix of Dinard in August. Thirteen clears from 19 rounds at the level this year.
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| Fresh from El Jadida
Kiliman Sitte
Jérôme Guery (BEL)
Won the World Cup Grand Prix of El Jadida on 18 October. Guery also has Quito de Mariposa on his entry list.
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Regular podiums
Golden Boy DK
Simon Delestre (FRA)
Third in El Jadida behind Kiliman Sitte. Five top-three finishes at the level in 2026, including third in the LGCT Grand Prix of Mexico City.
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Rabat top ten by Elo
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| Horse / Rider | Elo | Career clear rate | Career wins | 2026 clears | 2026 GP wins |
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Iron Dames Singclair
Sophie Hinners (GER)
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777 | 55% (27/49) | 1 | 9 of 17 | 0 |
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Beauville Z N.O.P.
Maikel van der Vleuten (NED)
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764 | 55% (69/126) | 9 | 4 of 7 | 0 |
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Toys
Jörne Sprehe (GER)
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760 | 29% (10/35) | 3 | 9 of 21 | 0 |
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Wathnan Quaker Brimbelles Z
Abdel Saïd (BEL)
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760 | 28% (7/25) | 1 | 8 of 16 | 1 |
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QH Alfons Santo Antonio
Yuri Mansur (BRA)
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748 | 31% (28/89) | 1 | 4 of 16 | 0 |
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EIC Up Too Jacco Blue
Max Kühner (AUT)
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748 | 44% (24/55) | 9 | 7 of 13 | 2 |
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Stargold
Marcus Ehning (GER)
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747 | 53% (29/55) | 4 | No starts | 0 |
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Golden Boy DK
Simon Delestre (FRA)
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741 | 42% (11/26) | 1 | 8 of 16 | 0 |
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Primo DV
Pieter Devos (BEL)
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739 | 45% (19/42) | 1 | 13 of 19 | 1 |
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Quito de Mariposa
Jérôme Guery (BEL)
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728 | 27% (4/15) | 0 | 4 of 15 | 0 |
Lyon brings depth, with nine horses rated 750 or higher. Rabat brings Beauville and 69 career clears. Both Grands Prix are on Sunday.
Career figures cover CSI5* 1.60m classes. 2026 figures cover 1.60m classes at five-star and championship level this year, counting every round including jump-offs. GP wins count individual Grand Prix and World Cup classes. Based on entry lists published before the shows, which may change.