2026 Australian League FEI World Cup Qualifying Series

Australian Jumping

Above: Madeline Sinderberry and Cami Z. Photo credit: One Eyed Frog Photography

Madeline Sinderberry has remained at the top of the 2026 Australian World Cup Qualifying Leaderboard after the eighth leg of the Series was held at SIEC in late October. Despite not competing in the World Cup class, Maddy remains in the lead, 12 points clear over the second placed Rhys Stones who added five points to his season tally as a result of a 12th placing in the event. Sarah McMillan, who is in third place, remained on 55 points as a result of retiring during her round.

James Paterson-Robinson who is on a late season charge up the leaderboard, now sits in fourth place on 49 points, following up his win at Stonewall with a sixth place at SIEC. He is one point clear of Phillip Lever in fifth on 48 points.

In sixth place lies Josh Collins. Remarkably, Josh who took out the win at SIEC, lies on a total of 40 points having taken the maximum 20 points available in each of the only two legs in which he has started this season.

With just one Leg to go at Boneo Park today to wrap up the season, the race for the title comes down to the top three. At the time of writing, the start list has 29 combinations, which means that the maximum 20 points will be awarded to the winners. It is interesting to note that Madeline Sinderberry does not appear on the start list.

According to our calculations, Rhys Stones can win the title, but it will take nothing short of victory in the class on Sunday for him to do so. With only the best five scores of the season counting towards a rider’s total, Rhys would need to pick up 20 points for a win, however, this would mean that he has to drop a score of six, to net him 14 points on the day, taking his season total to 74. Second place would not score him enough points to breach the current gap of 12 points.

Sarah McMillan could also win the series, however, she too would need to win the Final leg on Sunday, picking up 20 points and dropping a score of zero, which would cover the current gap of 17 points between her and the leader

It should be an enthralling battle and we can’t wait to see how it plays out.

After the Sydney Summer Classic Leg of the series, the full points table is as follows:

FEI ID	RIDER	No. of rounds	Points	Rank
10112569	Madeline SINDERBERRY	7	72	1
10047492	Rhys STONES	8	60	2
10074337	Sarah-Louise McMILLAN	7	55	3
10008306	James PATERSON-ROBINSON	5	49	4
10055227	Phillip LEVER	6	48	5
10132511	Josh COLLINS	2	40	6
10015473	James MOONEY	5	38	7
10012726	Tallara CAMERON	5	37	8
10085000	Victoria STUCKEY	6	37	8
10132579	Melissa BLAIR	4	36	10
10000506	Chris CHUGG	4	36	10
10145204	Amber FULLER	3	34	12
10422419	Lane CLARKE	4	34	12
10099657	Jessica BROWN	2	29	14
10013804	Jamie KERMOND	4	28	15
10204395	Jeremy WHALE	3	27	16
10422554	Cody TINCKNELL	3	27	16
10083382	Emma COLLINS	4	27	16
10204394	Samantha WHALE	5	26	19
10199968	Sam OVERTON	2	23	20
10005322	Robert PALM	4	22	21
10354189	Jack BARKER	3	21	22
10398840	Ananda KENNARD	5	21	22
10057419	Gabrielle CHUGG	2	20	24
10066625	Nicholas TALIANA	4	20	24
10001013	Clem SMITH	6	18	26
10176202	Amelia DOUGLASS	2	18	26
10172396	Hugh BUCHANAN	3	17	28
10201434	Rosie OLIVER	4	15	29
10391339	Hudson CRAIG	4	12	30
10010879	Jamie WINNING-KERMOND	1	12	30
10044435	Olivia HAMOOD	1	11	32
10061737	Sam WILLIAMS	2	11	32
10404780	Chase NAYLOR	2	9	34
10047527	Clare ANDERSON	3	9	34
10100957	Frida LINDGREN	3	9	34
10140476	Jess RICE-WARD	3	8	37
10060970	James HARVEY	1	7	38
10047655	Stuart JENKINS	2	6	39
10072493	Clint BERESFORD	1	6	39
10341468	Anneliese WANSEY	2	6	39
10007951	Brook DOBBIN	1	5	42
10387766	Paige McBAIN	1	5	42
10409625	Sam CONWAY	3	3	44
10391232	Emily LANG-McMAHON	1	3	44
10002938	Tim CLARKE	3	3	44
10074218	Caitlin BOLGER	1	2	47
10046340	Shane DAVIDSON	3	2	47
10432024	Elkee LANG-McMAHON	1	2	47
10031074	Matthew WHALLEY	1	1	50
10094735	Gemma CREIGHTON	1	1	50
10000875	Brett WARREN	1	0	52
10319403	Hannah DOOLAN	1	0	52