Billy Raymont declared 2024/25 Australian World Cup Series winner
Above: Billy Raymont and Caprino. Photo credit: One Eyed Frog Photography.
Now that the final leg of the 2024/25 FEI Jumping World Cup Australian League is complete, we can officially confirm that Billy Raymont has taken out the series.
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The World Cup Qualifying Series for 2024/25 wrapped up yesterday with the final leg held at Sale. Billy came into the final leg with an unassailable lead on 82 points, so while we knew then that he had won – it now official!
In the class yesterday afternoon, Billy finished in fifth place on his World Cup points nominated mount Tulara Dakchiko (Dakar VDL x Chico’s Boy) thereby earning himself nine extra points. However, with only the top five performance of the season counting towards totals, he was required to drop a score of seven, to advance his total by just two points to end the season on a total of 84.
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Second place in the league went to Sam Overton, winner of the 2022 season, who was a late withdrawal from the Sale leg, meaning he remained on 69 points. Third place in the series went to Gemma Creighton who retired during the Sale competition, seeing her remain on 62 points.
There was a tie for fourth place between Clem Smith and Phillip Lever, both finishing on a total of 60 points. Clem picked up 11 points in Sale but had to drop a score of nine to net just two points from the class, while Phillip added the full six points he picked up in Sale to his season total.
Winner of the Sale leg, Robert Palm added 16 points to bring his season total to 40 finishing tied for eighth place with Jamie Winning-Kermond, which was a great effort from both these riders who only completed in three legs of the maximum nine possible over the course of the season.
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At the end of the 2024 season the unofficial full points table is as follows:
| FEI ID | RIDER | No. of rounds | Points | Rank |
| 10000859 | Billy RAYMONT | 8 | 84 | 1 |
| 10199968 | Sam OVERTON | 6 | 69 | 2 |
| 10094735 | Gemma CREIGHTON | 7 | 62 | 3 |
| 10001013 | Clem SMITH | 8 | 60 | 4 |
| 10055227 | Phillip LEVER | 7 | 60 | 4 |
| 10037824 | Mattea DAVIDSON | 7 | 57 | 6 |
| 10015473 | James MOONEY | 7 | 45 | 7 |
| 10010879 | Jamie WINNING-KERMOND | 3 | 40 | 8 |
| 10005322 | Robert PALM | 3 | 40 | 8 |
| 10204394 | Samantha WHALE | 8 | 39 | 10 |
| 10100957 | Frida LINDGREN | 4 | 36 | 11 |
| 10066887 | Ally LAMB | 5 | 23 | 11 |
| 10145218 | Maverick MILES | 4 | 34 | 13 |
| 10112569 | Madeline SINDERBERRY | 3 | 31 | 14 |
| 10074337 | Sarah McMILLAN | 6 | 25 | 15 |
| 10019770 | Merrick UBANK | 5 | 24 | 16 |
| 10044437 | Tom McDERMOTT | 2 | 21 | 17 |
| 10000515 | Brad FRANKUM | 4 | 18 | 18 |
| 10047492 | Rhys STONES | 1 | 13 | 19 |
| 10340337 | Kate ROWE | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 10132579 | Melissa BLAIR | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 10112598 | Jennifer WOOD | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 10140476 | Jess RICE-WARD | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 10013804 | Jamie Kermond | 1 | 9 | 24 |
| 10066625 | Nicholas TALIANA | 2 | 8 | 25 |
| 10012615 | Rachael LEE | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 10208792 | Samantha DERNEE | 1 | 7 | 27 |
| 10005319 | Robert GOODWIN | 1 | 6 | 28 |
| 10132511 | Josh Collins | 1 | 6 | 28 |
| 10331846 | Tilley FAIR | 1 | 5 | 30 |
| 10044435 | Olivia HAMOOD | 1 | 5 | 30 |
| 10085000 | Victoria STUCKEY | 1 | 5 | 30 |
| 10131592 | Christopher HOLLAND | 1 | 4 | 33 |
| 10009203 | Sue COMAN | 2 | 4 | 33 |
| 10343996 | William WOOD | 2 | 4 | 33 |
| 10367330 | Mikayla HOGG | 1 | 4 | 33 |
| 10112437 | William MATHEW | 1 | 3 | 37 |
| 10020214 | Kate BEADEL | 1 | 1 | 38 |
| 10007951 | Brook DOBBIN | 1 | 0 | 39 |
| 10004404 | James LANG | 2 | 0 | 39 |
| 10178530 | Shimona FRAID | 2 | 0 | 39 |
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Billy has had a fantastic season with Caprino (Carpino Z x Clearway), winning four of the nine qualifiers this season, Larapinta, Caboolture, Willinga and Summer Classic and has certainly deserved the title this year.
Above: Billy and Caprino in Caboolture. Photo credit: Jasmine Dunmore Photography.
We caught up with Billy after the Summer Classic and he was at that stage considering travelling to the World Cup Final with Caprino and his other World Cup starter Tulara Dakchico, however has since reconsidered and now says that “they have shifted focus to try to obtain MERs for Caprino, Tulara Dakchico and potentially Blue Balou and head to Europe possibly later this year”.
We are looking forward to following Billy in what looks to be an exciting year ahead.
