Wexford teenager Bertram Allen has broken into the top ten of the world's best show jumping riders.
In the official Longines World Rider Rankings, which measure the monthly performances of over 2,000 riders internationally, Allen has reached tenth position for the first time, putting him amongst the global elite of the sport.
With two recent World Cup Qualifying competition wins under his belt, the 19-year-old has 2355 points in the Longines rankings, with Germany's Daniel Deusser in the lead with 2825 points.
Allen won his first ever World Cup competition at Verona late last year aboard Ballywalter Farms's mare Molly Malone V, and then followed that up in February with another win at Bordeaux in France on Billy Twomey's stallion Romanov, a horse which also gave him victory in the German Grand Prix at Dortmund in March.
Allen is also the only Irish rider to qualify for the FEI World Cup final at Las Vegas in April, and is now one of the favourites to take the trophy.
