WIHS 2025 - Media Guide

EquiRatings’ data-driven insights, storylines & statistics ahead of the 2025 Washington International Horse Show

EQUIRATINGS’ DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTS, STORYLINES & STATISTICS AHEAD OF THE 2025 WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL HORSE SHOW

MEDIA GUIDE

PREVIOUS WINNERS

STARS OF THE SHOW

*Alongside their career statistics at CSI5* 160 level as a combination

THE ONES ON FORM Clears Against Standard at CSI5* 160 level in 2025 so far.

CLEAR ROUNDS IN CONTEXT CAS stands for Clears Above Standard. It is a clear rate or number of clears, adjusted for the course difficulty. It compares a horse’s number of clear rounds to the average number of clear rounds. When comparing a horse‘s record to the average, only the courses the horse jumped are considered . In this way, the CAS compares each horse to their average opponent. The CAS value is the number of clear rounds above (+) or below (-) the average.

Rounds clear

Clear rate

Average clear rate

Standard # of clears

Clears above standard (CAS)

Rounds jumped

Incredible had 3.0 more clears than the standard ( 6 - 3.0 )

3.0

+3.0

46.2% 22.8%

based on all competitors over those 13 courses .

22.8% of 13 rounds

JUMP-OFF STARS The combinations in this year’s field with at least four CSI5* 160 jump-off appearances

PRE-EVENT INSIGHTS Ben Maher’s Faltic HB comes in as the top-rated horse in the field His Elo rating of 746 ranks him among the Top 50 rated horses in the world Faltic HB hasn’t competed in a CSI5* 160 since Geneva 2023 He competed in some international classes early in the 2024 season, but nothing since March 2024 (‘s Hertogenbosch) Their first (& only) international class back was a CSI2* Valkenswaard on the 22nd of August 2025 He had a 531 days break between international starts Lillie Keenan’s Fasther comes in as the second-highest rated horse in the field. His Elo rating of 736 ranks him #72 in the world Fasther has competed at the WIHS before In 2020 (Tryon venue): they finished 3rd in the 4* Grand Prix He is on strong current form 2nd in the LGCT Grand Prix of Paris (June) 3rd in the MLSJ Grand Prix in Traverse City (August) 6th in the Rolex Grand Prix of Aachen (July)

Daniel Coyle’s Legacy ranks as #73 in the world. Legacy has competed at the WIHS before: 2022 (Upper Marlboro) 8th place in the World Cup Winner of the 155 on the Thursday 2021 (Tryon) 8fts in the World Cup This pair has already won 3 World Cup qualifiers together 2024 Amsterdam

2024 Leipzig 2022 Toronto

PRE-EVENT INSIGHTS Daniel Coyle also has Incredible here this year

Incredible competed in Upper Marlboro last year and finished 10th in the World Cup, after 4 faults in Round 1 6 clears from 13 CSI5* 160 rounds in 2025, clear rate of 46% Have shown strong form this season with a 5* Grand Prix win in Calgary (Queen Elizabeth II Cup) & 4* GP win in Vancouver Rene Dittmer & Corsica X had a very successful 2023 at the WIHS (Upper Marlboro) Winner of the 155 class on Thursday 2nd place in the World Cup on Saturday They’re on very strong recent form They won the MLSJ Grand Prix of Hudson Valley 2 weeks ago Top 10 in the MLSJ Grand Prix of Greenwich Double clear to help Team Germany win the Nations Cup of Hickstead Katie Dinan & Out of the Blue SCF Katie Dinan won the 2023 World Cup at WIHS on Brego R’n B Finished in 2 place on Out of the Blue SCF last year. nd They are on solid form two back-to-back 3 place finishes in the CSI3* Grands Prix of Lake Placid in July rd 6 place finish in the CSI5* Grand Prix of Bridgehampton at the end of August th Adrienne Sternlicht’s Origa v/h Zuid-Pajottenland has limited experience at CSI5* 160 level, but strong experience Victory in their first (& only) ever five-star Grand Prix in Ottawa (in August) Victory in the CSI4* Grand Prix of New York (North Salem) last month

PRE-EVENT INSIGHTS Mimi Gochman & Inclen BH Inclen BH is one of the Top 30 rated 10-year-olds in the world They have competed in four 5* 160 jump-offs and jumped clear in every single one, with 3 podium finishes as a result

Daniel Bluman & Gemma W Competed in Washington (Upper Marlboro) twice before

In 2022: they finished 2 in the World Cup nd In 2024: they finished 5 in the World Cup th

Jessica Mendoza & In the Air They finished in the Top 12 at the 2025 European Championships Winners of their first CSI5* Grand Prix in Bridgehampton at the end of August They competed here last year: Winners of a 150 class

The last 3 runners-up of the World Cup of Washington are in the field this year :

2022: Daniel Bluman & Gemma W 2023: Rene Dittmer & Corsica X 2024: Katie Dinan & Out of the Blue SCF

WHAT IS THE ELO RATING? CAREER COMPETITIVENESS The EquiRatings Elo is an objective horse rating (adapted from the Elo system originally developed for chess). A measure of how competitively you are performing and the quality of opponents you are beating. The rating works like a trading system: at every competition, a horse takes Elo points from the horses it beats while also giving away Elo points to the horses who finish ahead of it. The higher the Elo, the better. The all-time record is an 822 reached by King Edward (Henrik von Eckermann) in 2024. WHY WE USE ELO The EquiRatings Elo has predictive power. Horses with higher ratings jump clear more often. The table below shows how the EquiRatings Elo has been a strong guide to improving the chance of clears and reducing the chance of higher penalty rounds. The data is based on standard scoring 5-star rounds at 160+ in the 10-years from 2014 to September 2023.

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