With the Split Rock Jumping Tour (SRJT) as event organiser, the City of Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Sports Commission will host the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final (and Zen Elite FEI Dressage World Cup Final) at Dickies Arena, April 8-12, 2026.
Jamie Winning-Kermond and Aussie-bred ‘Juno’ head to Texas
Jamie Winning-Kermond and Tulara Wat Colbensky have been named as the Australian League representatives for the FEI Jumping World Cup Final.
The duo had a very successful 2025 season in Australia, with Winning-Kermond finishing a narrow second behind Phillip Lever in the overall Australian League standings. With Lever and his World Cup horse Billionaire electing not to compete in Fort Worth, Winning-Kermond will instead contest the final.
Tulara Wat Colbensky, an 11-year-old mare by Colman out of Tulara Cornetto (Cornet Obolensky), is owned by Rachel Peel and was bred in Australia by the late Mark Fraser and wife Anna.
Speaking to Equestrian Life a few years back when she first started riding the mare, Winning-Kermond explained she has a great appreciation for Tulara horses and has enjoyed good success with them over the years. When Mark first began seriously breeding show jumpers at their picturesque property in Barjarg, Victoria, the first colt he bred was Tulara Balouch, by Balou du Rouet – a horse that Jamie ultimately purchased in 2013.
Winning-Kermond and Tulara Wat Colbensky – better known at home as Juno – have been competing in Florida since the beginning of 2026 with success, including a fourth-place finish in a CSI4* Grand Prix and a strong performance as part of Australia’s most recent CSIO4* Nations Cup team.
Representing the New Zealand League will be Julie Davey and LT Holst Freda.
Steve Guerdat heads an impressive list of entries
Six-time Olympic veteran and three-time Longines FEI Jumping World Cup champion Steve Guerdat (SUI) heads an impressive list of entries for the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas. As Guerdat aims for an unprecedented fourth World Cup title, he will be joined in the field by athletes from 19 countries – including 15 fellow Olympians, 15 of the world’s top 40 jumping riders, and three other FEI World Cup champions.
Guerdat, who currently sits #13 on the Longines Rankings, has competed successfully in many championship events. Along with six Olympic appearances, his résumé includes three FEI World Equestrian Games, six FEI Jumping Nations Cup Finals, the 2022 FEI World Championships, the 2024 Longines League of Nations Final, and 15 total World Cup Finals, of which he has placed in the top 10 on 13 occasions.
His fellow competitors will not make things easy for him, however. Among them are former World Cup champions Daniel Deusser (GER), Martin Fuchs (SUI) and McLain Ward (USA), who won in 2014, 2022 and 2017, respectively. Deusser, the current World #25, has competed in two Olympic Games, the 2014 World Equestrian Games, seven World Cup Finals (making the top five on four occasions) and four Nations Cup Finals.
Fuchs has also participated in seven World Cup Finals (making the top 10 on five occasions), along with three Olympic Games, the 2018 World Equestrian Games, 2022 World Championship, 2024 Longines League of Nations Final, and six Nations Cup Finals. He is World #37.
Ward, a six-time Olympic veteran and currently World #10, has an extensive record on the international circuit. With four World Equestrian Games, the 2022 World Championship, two Nations Cup Finals and 20 World Cup Finals under his belt (including 10 top 10 finishes), Ward is among the American favourites for the title.
Joining these former champions from the US contingent are two-time Olympian and World #2 Kent Farrington, who finished fourth in the World Cup Final in 2024; four-time Olympian, Show Jumping Hall of Famer and World #11 Laura Kraut; 2025 World Cup finalist Kaitlin Campbell; six-time World Cup finalist Katie Dinan, who finished eighth in 2025; two-time World Cup finalist and World #36 Aaron Vale, a native of nearby Irving, Texas; 2024 World Cup finalist Skylar Wireman; and Mimi Gochman and Jacob Pope, who will be making their World Cup debuts.
Other international veterans include 2024 Olympian and World #12 Daniel Coyle (IRL); 2021 Olympian and World #24 Willem Greve (NED), who finished seventh in the 2025 World Cup Final; two-time Olympian Yuri Mansur (BRA), who finished fourth in the 2023 World Cup Final; two-time Olympian Kristaps Neretnieks (LAT); 2021 Olympian and World #21 Abdel Saïd (BEL); three-time Olympian Eiken Sato (JPN); two-time Olympian and World #34 Kevin Staut (FRA), who finished third in the 2025 World Cup Final; 2024 Olympian, 2025 European Champion and World #4 Richard Vogel (GER); and three-time Olympian and World #15 Gregory Wathelet (BEL).
More familiar faces from previous World Cup Finals include Bekzod Kurbanov (UZB), who competed in 2022; Philipp Schulze Topphoff (GER), who competed in 2022; and World #30 Conor Swail (IRL), who finished eighth in 2022. With these and other talented entries vying for top honours in 2026, this year’s event promises to be one of the exciting showdowns of the year!
Definite Entries:
ARAB LEAGUE – Middle East – Extra Athlete
Abdel SAÏD – Quaker Brimbelles Z (BEL)
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
Jamie WINNING-KERMOND – Tulara Wat Colblensky (AUS)
CENTRAL EUROPEAN LEAGUE
Péter SZUHAI – Corbluecenta (HUN)
Kristaps NERETNIEKS – Quintes (LAT)
Necmi EREN – PSS Levilensky (TUR)
EURASIAN LEAGUE – Caucasus Caspian Region
Shalva GACHECHILADZE – Modest vd Vroente (GEO)
EURASIAN LEAGUE – Central Asian Region
Bekzod KURBANOV – Matts V.G. (UZB)
NEW ZEALAND LEAGUE
Julie DAVEY – LT Holst Freda (NZL)
NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE – East (USA)
Katherine A. DINAN – Out of the Blue SCF (USA)
Kent FARRINGTON – Greya (USA); Toulayna (USA)
Mimi GOCHMAN – Inclen BH (USA)
Laura KRAUT – Tres Bien Z (USA)
Jacob POPE – Highway FBH (USA)
Aaron VALE – Carissimo 25 (USA)
McLain WARD – Jordan Molga M (USA)
NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE – Extra Athletes East
Rene DITTMER – Cody 139 (GER)
Daniel COYLE – Farrel (IRL); Incredible (IRL)
Conor SWAIL – Casturano (IRL)
NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE – West (USA)
Kaitlin CAMPBELL – Cosm Castlefield Cornelious (USA)
Skylar WIREMAN – Barclino B (USA); Tornado (USA)
NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE – Mexico
Arturo PARADA VALLEJO – Laretto (MEX)
WESTERN EUROPEAN LEAGUE
Jordy VAN MASSENHOVE – Verdiamo Z (BEL)
Gregory WATHELET – Double Jeu d’Honvault (BEL)
Armando TRAPOTE – Tornado VS (ESP)
Marc DILASSER – Arioto du Gevres (FRA)
Kevin STAUT – Visconti du Telman (FRA)
Daniel DEUSSER – Otello de Guldenboom (GER)
Philipp SCHULZE TOPPHOFF – Carla NRW (GER)
Patrick STÜHLMEYER – Baloutaire PS (GER)
Richard VOGEL – Gangster Montdesir (GER)
Jessica BURKE – Good Star du Bary (IRL)
Willem GREVE – Pretty Woman van’t Paradijs N.O.P. (NED)
Johan-Sebastian GULLIKSEN – Equine America Harwich VDL (NOR)
Oda Charlotte LYNGVAER – Carabella vd Neyen Z (NOR)
Martin FUCHS – L&L Lorde (SUI)
Steve GUERDAT – Albführen’s Iashin Sitte (SUI)
WESTERN EUROPEAN LEAGUE – Extra Athletes
Yuri MANSUR – QH Alfons Santo Antonio (BRA); Vitiki (BRA)
Eiken SATO – Chadellano JRA (JPN)
First held in 1979
Started in 1979, the FEI Jumping World Cup Final is an annual international showdown among the world’s best Jumping horses and athletes. Previous FEI Jumping World Cup Finals held in the United States include Baltimore (1980), Tampa (1989), Del Mar, CA (1992), Las Vegas (2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2015), and Omaha (2017 and 2023).
Source: Split Rock Jumping Tour press release, edited by Equestrian Life
