Above: Tom McDermott and Cooley Gangster at the Australian Jumping Championships in Sydney.

Tom McDermott has once again had a wonderful year on the Australian Jumping circuit. Kicking off with a win early in the year at Werribee in the World Cup Qualifier with Cooley Gangster, it was certainly in the World Cup Series that Tom shone the brightest this year – winning two World Cup Qualifiers and placing in 7 others, with this consistent form earning him the overall Australian League FEI World Cup title for 2023.

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Above: Tom McDermott and Cooley Gangster in Werribee World Cup.

Above: Tom McDermott being presented the Australian World Cup Trophy by Australian Chef d’equipe Stephen Lamb.

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But it certainly wasn’t only World Cup success for Tom this year. At Sydney Royal, Tom went home once more with a truck load of ribbons, taking out ‘Best Performed Section 2 Horse’ with Cachassini II then backed that up with ‘Best Performed Section 3 Horse’ with Quintation and also ‘Most Successful Rider’.

Above: Tom McDermott and Cachassini II at Sydney Royal.

Above: Tom McDermott and Quintation at Sydney Royal.

At the Australian Championships, held this year at Sydney International Equestrian Centre, Tom came very close to the perfect result, taking out the Rider’s Cup (Mini Prix) Series with Cadenza NZPH, but after winning the Final Round of the Senior Championship, he and Cooley Gangster just missed out on the Championship Title.

Above: Tom McDermott and Cadenza NZPH at Australian Jumping Championships.

We congratulate Tom on a fantastic year and are very excited to see what 2024 has in store for this talented rider.