Nick Skelton second in world showjumping rankings
Nick Skelton is now the second highest ranked showjumper in the world.
Nick, who was a member of the Olympic gold-medal winning showjumping team at Greenwich last week (Monday 6 August), has soared from fifth to second place in the FEI Rolex World Rankings.
Sweden’s Rolf-G ¶ran Bengtsson is still number one for the eighth month. And individual Olympic gold medal winner Steve Guerdat from Switzerland is third.
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A graduate of Exeter University, Amy joined our news team from Redpin Publishing in 2008 as news writer. She was promoted to deputy news editor in May 2013 and became news editor in April 2015. She left Horse & Hound in March 2016 to take up an editorial position in Dubai.