July 22, 2024 
France’s Kevin Staut is a staple in the world top 20.
For the past decade, the 2016 Olympic team gold medalist and 2014 world no. 1 has won one to two Grand Prix titles every year except 2018, 2020 and 2021 to stay firmly within the top sport.
This year, he’s won three Grands Prix—on three different horses—and there’s five months left on the calendar still to come.
That Jumpr stat puts him on par with the highest performing show jumpers of 2024. Only five other riders have won as many 4 and 5* Grands Prix this year—those are Conor Swail (IRL), Julien Epaillard (FRA), Martin Fuchs (SUI), Daniel Coyle (IRL), Christian Kukuk (GER).
The Frenchman’s win streak started just two weeks into January when he won the 5* Grand Prix of Basel aboard Visconti du Telman. In May, he topped the 4* Grand Prix of Normandy in Canteleu, France with Vida Loca Z. This Sunday in Dinard, he laid claim to the 5* Rolex Grand Prix on Beau de Laubry Z.
And it he did it decisively.
Stopping the clock at 41.41 seconds, Staut beat world no. 3 Steve Guerdat and Venard de Cerisy by a second (42.44) and world no 4. Max Kühner and EIC Cooley Jump the Q by two (43.61).
It’s the second 1.60m title for the 11-year-old Zangersheide gelding. The pair also won a 1.60m Grand Prix in Stuttgart in 2023.
Staut’s best year this decade was 2016 when he took home €1,101,171 in career earnings (Jumpr). Is 2024 the year he eclipses it?
