It’s a question we often ask, who is the best showjumping horse in the world right now? With different rankings, points lists and data to draw on, opinion is often divided. But according to the data analysts at EquiRatings, who produce a rolling ranking list of the world’s best showjumping horses in the world, it’s a close match between Ben Maher ’s Point Break and Henrik von Eckermann ’s King Edward this year.

Neither horse contested this year’s European showjumping championships and 15-year-old King Edward hasn’t been seen since the CSI5* grand prix at Wellington, Florida, in March, but he holds strong at the top of EquiRating’s list of top ranked horses with an Elo rating of 800.

The Elo rating system is a metric used to evaluate horse quality and consistency and is built

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