Eleven Wins and a Title to Defend: Boyd Martin at Morven Park
No rider in the world has won more CCI4*-L events than Boyd Martin. He returns to Morven Park as defending champion, with a horse who has won twice at the level.
Boyd Martin has won 11 CCI4*-L events, more than any other rider in the world. He has done it from 57 runs since 2008, a win rate of 19%. Shane Rose and Tim Price are next on 10.
Two of the 11 came at Morven Park. Martin won on Commando 3 in 2023 and on Miks Master C in 2025, the first US Equestrian Open of Eventing Final. He also won the 2025 Series on 260 points. He comes back as defending champion.
The wins span 16 years, from Neville Bardos at Fair Hill in 2009 to Miks Master C here last October. Three came at Tryon, two at Jersey Fresh, two at Fair Hill and two at Morven Park. The others came at Galway Downs and Bromont.
Two of the 11 earned an HPR of 99, the best of the set: Tsetserleg TSF at Tryon in November 2020 and Miks Master C here. HPR rates the quality of a single performance against the field and the course.
Luke 140 owns two of the 11. He won at Galway Downs in October 2020 and at Jersey Fresh in May 2021.
The 15-year-old came back from colic surgery and a long rehab to win The Fork CCI4*-S on September 11, his first run of 2026. Martin led the dressage on 26.7. Nobody made the cross-country time, and Luke 140 added 13.6 to win on 40.3.
His Elo of 680 is second in the field, behind only Off The Record. His expected show jumping score of 1.6 is the best in the field, and he is 4/4 clear in the show jumping at CCI4*-L and CCI5*. Martin is 3/3 clear inside the time in the Morven show jumping. Speed is the soft spot: Luke 140 has has double digit time penalties in his last 6 completed cross-country courses.
The EquiRatings Prediction Centre gives him an 18% win chance, second only to Off The Record on 27%. He is 40% to finish in the top three and 74% to finish in the top 10.
A twelfth CCI4*-L win would put Martin two clear of the rest of the world.
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