January 7, 2026 
In the sport of show jumping, there were pretty much two names that dominated the conversation at the highest level last season.
In the first corner, the reigning World No. 1 of more than nine months, American rider Kent Farrington. Aboard his 11-year-old phenom, Greya, Farrington—like the Johnny Appleseed of show jumping—seemed nearly unstoppable this season, crisscrossing both North America and the Atlantic to sprinkle trophies wherever he went.
In corner number two, Great Britain’s Scott Brash, who, after going round for round with Farrington all season long, came away with double-silver medals at the European Championships—thanks to a new breakout star of his own, Hello Folie—as well as the most lucrative season of any rider this year.
But first up… Farrington.
Between Greya and Toulayna, the Chicago-born rider won a whopping nine Grands Prix in 2025, including some of the most prestigious classes of the year. These included the Rolex Grand Prix of CHI Geneva in December (where he edged-out Brash), FEI Jumping World Cup qualifiers in Traverse City, MI (September) and Thermal, CA (February), and two 5* Grands Prix in Wellington last February.
In fact, during the months of September and February, alone, Farrington won three 5* 1.60m Grands Prix a piece!
According to Jumpr Stats, Greya was also the winningest Grand Prix horse of the year with a total of eight victories, more than any horse in any height-range. But it’s worth considering that the OS mare did it predominately at the championship-level, 1.60m height.
When you compare her to the rest of the winningest horses in that esteemed category, Greya more than doubled their numbers: seven wins compared to the next-best three horses’ three. And her rider is just as impressive.
If you count Farrington’s Grand Prix wins at the 1.60m, 1.55m, and 1.50m heights last season, it brings his total higher than any other show jumping athlete in 2025 by a wide margin: 16 wins to the next-winningest rider’s eight.
And can you guess who that next, winningest rider might be? Well, Scott Brash, of course!
A decade after his history-making claim of the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping, the Scottish phoenix and reigning team gold Olympic medalist is once again winning consistently at the highest echelons of the sport.
And despite Farrington’s dominant Grand Prix record, it’s Brash that has pocketed the most prize money in 2025: a whopping €3,538,025!
His most lucrative results? A flurry of €200,000+ paydays at events including the 5* GCL Super Cup in Prague with Hello Jefferson; and 5* wins in`s-Hertogenbosch, the GCT Super Grand Prix in Prague, and LGCT Shanghai aboard the 13-year-old OS mare, Hello Chadora Lady.
But Brash’s real coup was his victory in this year’s CPKC ‘International,’ presented by Rolex, at Spruce Meadows in September. Riding his longtime partner, the 16-year-old Belgian gelding, Hello Jefferson, Brash earned the lowest score over two, challenging rounds, taking home the class’s unprecedented €1,036,342 prize pot for his troubles.
What’s more, Brash earned nearly a third more prize money than any other rider in the world, pocketing €1,081,000 more than his next-closest rival for earnings in 2025…. And can you guess who that next-closest rival in earnings might be?
(Pssst… it’s Farrington. Kent Farrington. But we’re pretty sure you guessed that.)
The best news? With multiple top horses still in their competitive primes, you can bet the thrillingly competitive Brash/Farrington rivalry will battle-on into 2026—and we’ll be watching every minute!
