Constant Van Paesschen and Marlon Zanotelli of the Rome Gladiators made a meteoric rise up the overall GCL rankings today in Monaco, after the duo secured their first victory of the season in one of the most compact and challenging arenas on the circuit. With their spectacular win […]
New York Empire kickstarted their overall ranking comeback with a phenomenal double clear in Monaco from Scott Brash and David Will, watched on by teammate and team owner Georgina Bloomberg. In an edge of the seat first round of the GCL competition, Brash and Will pulled out all […]
Carlos Enrique Lopez Lizarazo (COL) & Ulhane de Conde won the €93,700 Second GCL individual class CSI 5* last Saturday during the Longines Global Champions Tour of Cascais CSI 5* in Estoril, Cascais, Portugal. The Colombian and the chestnut 10-year-old Selle Français mare (Jarnac x Corland) took the […]
Paris Panthers’ duo of Gregory Wathelet (BEL) and Darragh Kenny (IRL) stormed to a sensational win in a thrilling GCL Cascais, Estoril showdown. As the Championship gallops to the midway point, the Panthers pulled out all the stops amidst challenging weather conditions to convert their R1 pole position […]
The race at the top of the 2018 Global Champions League standings is fierce because the London Knights have only a five-point advantage over the Valkenswaard United as the two teams battle it out later on today during the Longines Global Champions League of Cascais. The Shanghai Swans […]
The first round of GCL Cascais, Estoril got off to a flying start with a record five teams scoring an impressive double clear. Paris Panthers’ formidable duo of Gregory Wathelet and Darragh Kenny pounced on pole position for the second time this season, with a phenomenally quick combined […]
Valkenswaard United’s Alberto Zorzi and Jur Vrieling pulled out an oscar-winning performance in last night’s GCL Cannes, rising from 7th to take a spectacular win on the French Riviera. Last night’s GCL Cannes was a blockbuster, with drama right down to the final fence as United rose to […]
The London Knights have increased their margin of lead in the 2018 Global Champions League (GCL) overall standings after another solid performace, adding 25 additional points as a result of a third-place finish in the sixth leg of the championship league series during the Longines Athina Onassis Horse […]
Shanghai Swans’ pairing of Pedro Veniss and Daniel Deusser took home a spectacular win in an edge-of-the-seat showdown at the GCL Ramatuelle/Saint Tropez final, as London Knights extended their overall ranking lead. Just metres from the world-famous Pampelonne Beach, the action went down to the wire as the […]
Darragh Kenny (IRL) & Babalou 41 won the €62,400 First GCL competition last Thursday during the Longines Global Champions Tour of Saint Tropez in Ramatuelle, France. The Irishman and the 13-year-old chestnut Oldenburg mare (Balou du Rouet x Silvio I) triumphed in the 1.50m/1.55m speed challenge by leaving […]
Shanghai Swans’ Daniel Deusser and Pedro Veniss soared to a second pole position of the season after a challenging GCL first round tested the world’s best on the French Riviera. Just a short stroll from the turquoise waters of the famous Pampelonne Beach, the show is nestled in […]
Excitement flowed to the final fence as the St Tropez Pirates duo of Laura Klaphake and Pieter Devos held off enormous pressure to sail to the team’s first win of the season at GCL Hamburg. U25 German star Laura Klaphake (GER) and Pieter Devos (BEL) of the Pirates […]
Laura Klaphake (GER) and Pieter Devos (BEL) of the St Tropez Pirates took the helm in a knife-edge GCL Hamburg, after today’s first round saw 12 teams finish all within six faults of each other. With time a significant factor in today’s prelude to Saturday’s showdown, the St […]
The scarlet-suited London Knights brought home a second win of the season, after a spectacular Spanish showdown saw thrills, spills and top sporting action. Ben Maher and Nicola Philippaerts (BEL) of the Knights withstood enormous pressure to ride the only double clear of the day, stealing the win […]
The Shanghai Swans duo of Daniel Deusser (GER) and Pedro Veniss (BRA) flew to the top of the order in yesterday’s GCL Madrid team competition, with a knife-edge result promising thrilling action in Saturday’s Spanish showdown. The only team to jump double clear, the Swans pulled out all […]
Shanghai, China – April 23, 2018 – With the 30 points for their win last Saturday at the Global Champions League of Shanghai, the London Knights have taken over the top position of the overall ranking leaderboad registering a total of 62 points. Former leaders Valkenswaard United have […]
In a breath-taking display of power and precision the London Knights duo of Emily Moffitt and Ben Maher stormed to a GCL Shanghai win by 27 hundredths of a second, taking the lead in the overall ranking. With enormous pressure on the shoulders of U25 rider Moffitt and […]
Ben Maher (GBR) & Explosion W won the €145,000 First GCL class yesterday during the Longines Global Champions Tour of Shanghai CSI 5* in China. The Brit and the 9-year-old chestnut Dutch Warmblood gelding (Chacco-Blue x Baloubet du Rouet) were victorious in the 1.50m-1.60m speed challenge by […]
The Valkenswaard United are at the top of the leaderboard of the 2018 Global Champions League after a second-place finish in the second leg of the championship at Miami Beach CSI 5* just less than two weeks ago. The team from the Netherlands has been the most consistent […]
The Valkenswaard United have taken the lead in the overall standings of the 2018 Global Champions League after a second-place finish in the second leg of the championship at Miami Beach CSI 5* last Saturday. The team from the Netherlands has been the most consistent one since the […]
Prague Lions’ Anna Kellnerova and Gerco Schröder took a spectacular GCL Miami Beach win, as 2016 Champions Valkenswaard United shot to the top of the overall rankings as the 16-event season unfolds. Set next to the effervescent Atlantic ocean, clean jumping rounds were few and far between over […]
The first round of GCL Miami Beach kicked off with the Monaco Aces’ formidable duo of Jerome Guery and Julian Epaillard taking an early lead at the spectacular US destination. From the start, team strategy and tactics were clear, with many fielding their star strikers for the […]
Miami Celtics have kick started their 2018 GCL season with a breathtaking victory in the opening leg in Mexico City. They banked a brilliant win thanks to a double clear from Michael Duffy and Denis Lynch and dramatically overtook the overnight leaders Paris Panthers, who took the runner-up spot, just ahead of the powerful Valkenswaard […]
Paris Panthers powered to pole position in an intensely competitive GCL season-opener, as riders Gregory Wathelet and Darragh Kenny vowed to convert their strong position into a win tomorrow. “It’s a very good start for us — Gregory did a great job and I had to follow,” said […]
The provisional schedule for the first event of the 2018 Longines Global Champions Tour is now available! Spread over four days, the magical destination of Mexico City will welcome the world’s best horses and riders to the stunning Campo Marte grass arena for what promises to be an […]
2018 will see a formidable line up of 17 events across continents as the Longines Global Champions Tour and GCL circuit expands to bring top-level show jumping to new venues. The sophisticated Riviera resort of Ramatuelle/Saint Tropez will this summer join the international parade of unique destinations, including […]
Don VHP Z was elected 2017 Horse of the Year in Belgium, receiving the award yesterday during the Jumping Mechelen CSI 5*-W in Belgium. It was also a special occasion for Harrie Smolders (NED), the brilliant rider who guided the 13-year-old liver chesnut Zangersheide stallion (Diamant de Semilly x Voltaire) to countless clear rounds, […]
The Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) has imposed on 20 December 2017 interim measures on the organisers of the Global Champions Tour (GCT), the Global Champions League (GCL) and on the FEI in order to ensure that until the closing of the case on the […]
The Valkenswaard United United won the Global Champions League of Doha yesterday at the Al Shaqab in Doha, Qatar. Alberto Zorzi (ITA) & Fair Light van’T Heike (Vigo d’Arsouilles vs. Darco) started things off well for the team from the Netherlands by going clear in 75.09 seconds, also giving […]
Harrie Smolders & Don VHP Z There’s a new dawn in the Global Champions League, a dawn marked by two “Dons”, of showjumping and the 2017 Global Champions League title for the Hamburg Diamonds! Before the decisive run by the dynamic duo, Eric Lamaze (CAN) & Fine Lady 5 (Forsyth FRH x Drosselklang) […]
