Kristina Bröring-Sprehe and Desperados FRH new world Dressage number one
Germany’s Kristina Bröring-Sprehe (GER) and Desperados FRH, team silver medalists at the London 2012 Olympic Games, have taken over the world Dressage number one slot, relegating British duo Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro.
Bröring-Sprehe (29) and the 15-year-old Hannoverian stallion Desperados FRH have jumped to the top of the FEI World Dressage Rankings for the first time in their career, breaking the 30-month reign of Dujardin and Valegro.
Bröring-Sprehe, who also secured team gold and individual bronze at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 with Desperados FRH, represented Dressage athletes around the world last November when International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach visited the FEI’s Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI), the Olympic capital.
Knowing how important gender equality is to the Olympic movement, she told Thomas Bach how proud she was to be a female Olympic athlete.
“Equestrian is the only Olympic sport where men and women compete against each other for medals in all the disciplines,” she said at the time. “It’s only when you get a bit older that you realise just how special this is, and it’s one of the many reasons why equestrian sport is so popular with women of all ages.”
Bröring-Sprehe and Desperados FRH now have a 68-point lead over Dujardin and Valegro, with fellow German and four-time team gold Olympic medallist Isabell Werth in third place with Don Johnson FRH on 2,428 points.
About Bröring-Sprehe
Bröring-Sprehe started riding aged three, after being surrounded by horses from an early age. Her family owns and operates Gestut Sprehe Stud near Löningen in Germany’s Lower Saxony region.
Partner’s promise & Olympic spirit: Bröring-Sprehe’s husband Christian Bröring had to cycle to London to watch her compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games, after promising he would travel there by bike if she qualified. The trip took him six days.
FEI World Individual Dressage Ranking – Top 50
1. BRÖRING-SPREHE, Kristina (GER) – DESPERADOS FRH 2729
2. DUJARDIN, Charlotte (GBR) – VALEGRO 2661
3. WERTH, Isabell (GER) – DON JOHNSON FRH 2428
4. FERRER – SALAT, Beatriz (ESP) – DELGADO 2379
5. VON BREDOW-WERNDL, Jessica (GER) – UNEE BB 2364
6. PETERS, Steffen – LEGOLAS 92 2358
7. VILHELMSON SILFVÉN, Tinne (SWE) – DON AURIELLO 2303
8. GAL, Edward (NED) – GLOCK’S VOICE 2288
9. MINDERHOUD, Hans Peter (NED) – GLOCK’S JOHNSON TN N.O.P. 2285
10.MINDERHOUD, Hans Peter – GLOCK’S FLIRT 2281
11.HESTER, Carl (GBR) – NIP TUCK 2256
12.KITTEL, Patrik (SWE) – DEJA 2255
13.VAN SILFHOUT, Diederik (NED) – ARLANDO N.O.P. 2244
14.MERKULOVA, Inessa (RUS) – MISTER X 2189
15.GRAVES, Laura (USA) – VERDADES 2189
16.AL, Edward (NED) – GLOCK’S UNDERCOVER N.O.P. 2183
17.KITTEL, Patrik (SWE) – WATERMILL SCANDIC 2174
18.PETERS, Steffen (USA) – ROSAMUNDE 2156
19.WERTH, Isabell (GER) – EL SANTO NRW 2129
20.LÜTKEMEIER, Fabienne (GER) – D’AGOSTINO FRH 2121
21.BALKENHOL, Anabel (GER) – DABLINO FRH 2117
22.KASPRZAK, Anna (DEN) – DONNPERIGNON 2092
23.MAX-THEURER, Victoria (AUT/OÖ) – BLIND DATE 25 2078
24.SCHMIDT, Hubertus (GER) – IMPERIO 3 2072
25.BIGWOOD, Fiona (GBR) – ATTERUPGAARDS ORTHILIA 2049
26.VAN DER MEER, Patrick (NED) – PRESIDENT’S MAJESTIC UZZO 2021
27.BARBANÇON MESTRE, Morgan (ESP) – PAINTED BLACK 2001
28.SCHNEIDER, Dorothee (GER) – ULLRICHEQUINE’S ST EMILION 2001
29.KITTEL, Patrik (SWE) – DELAUNAY 1995
30.GUNDERSEN, Mikala Münter (DEN) – MY LADY 1981
31.VON BREDOW-WERNDL, Jessica (GER) – ZAIRE 14 1964
32.KRINKE SUSMELJ, Marcela (SUI) – SMEYERS MOLBERG 1950
33.ROTHENBERGER, Sanneke (GER) – DEVERAUX OLD 1935
34.BUCHWALD, Beatrice (GER) – WEIHEGOLD OLD 1932
35.SCHNEIDER, Dorothee (GER) – SHOWTIME 59 1930
36.FRIBERG, Paulinda (SWE) – DI LAPPONIA T 1918
37.KIRK THINGGAARD, Agnete (DEN) – JOJO AZ 1916
38.PETERSEN, Lars (DEN) – MARIETT 1911
39.ROTHENBERGER, Sönke (GER) – FAVOURIT 1903
40.VAN SILFHOUT, Diederik (NED) – BONZANJO 1900
41.TRUSSELL, Belinda (CAN) – ANTON 1894
42.TEBAR, Karen (FRA) – DON LUIS 1892
43.VERLIEFDEN, Fanny (BEL) – ANNARICO 1891
44.SCHÜRMANN, Charlott-Maria (GER) – BURLINGTON FRH 1886
45.LANG, Jenny (GER) – LOVERBOY 26 1876
46.TRUPPA, Valentina (ITA) – QUIXOTE EREMO DEL CASTEGNO 1864
47.NYRERÖD, Emilie (SWE) – MIATA 1859
48.REYNOLDS, Judy (IRL) – VANCOUVER K 1856
49.BROCK, Allison M (USA) – ROSEVELT 1852
50.MARTIN DOCKX, Jose Daniel (ESP) – GRANDIOSO 1850
The full Ranking is here »
Source: Press release FEI
