Final 2013 HSBC FEI Eventing Rankings

      Shane Rose is the top Australian rider in sixth place

As HSBC, the title sponsor of the Eventing Rider Rankings since 2008, concludes its partnership with the FEI, the final HSBC eventing rankings of 2013 have been published.

As we all know, Andrew Nicholson tops the board and was presented with the $ US$50,000 bonus at Olympia for the HSBC Rankings leader at the end of the 2013 Eventing season. Andrew (634 points) and William Fox-Pitt (621 points) were the only two to break the 600 barrier while third placed Buck Davidson (USA) finished in third on 419, ahead of Germany’s Michael Jung on 384 and his team mate Ingrid Klimke in fifth on 378.

In sixth place is the first of the Australian riders, Shane Rose with a score of 371 and Sonja Johnson just behind him in seventh (364) while New Zealand’s Jonelle Richards is in eighth place, Jock Paget in ninth and Stuart Tinney tenth. In the top 10 therefore there are three New Zealanders, three Australians, two Germans, one British and one American rider.

There are also a host of Australians in the top 50.Chris Burton comes in at 11^th, Bill Levett 16^th, Sam Griffiths 27^th, Kevin McNab 28^th, Will Enzinger 26^th and Katja Weimann in 50^th.

In the top 100 are Natalie Blundell in 58^th, Craig Barrett in 65^th, Lucinda Fredericks 68^th, Seumas Marwood 76^th, Paul Tapner 78^th and Megan Jones in 97^th.

Full list of HSBC Rankings here