A dramatic first round of GCL Valkenswaard saw thrills and spills at Tops International Arena as the home team – Valkenswaard United’s Marcus Ehning and Alberto Zorzi – claimed the top spot and pole position for Saturday’s showdown. Second ranked team United have their strongest chance of the season to […]
The London Knights delivered a show stopping GCL London final under intense pressure today with Ben Maher and Nicola Philippaerts reigning supreme at the historic and picturesque Royal Hospital Chelsea. Escorted by the Chelsea Pensioners in their traditional Scarlets, the red jackets of the Knights perfectly complimented the […]
Home city team London Knights dominated at the magnificent Royal Hospital Chelsea for today’s GCL London, with Ben Maher (GBR) and Nicola Philippaerts (BEL) taking pole position for Saturday’s showdown. The Knights are currently in the lead of the overall rankings, however with every score counting and the […]
It all came down to the final fence at GCL Berlin today, after Valkenswaard United dramatically lost their lead to St Tropez Pirates in an edge-of-the-seat battle in Germany’s capital city. Edwina Tops-Alexander (AUS) and Pieter Devos (BEL) kept cool under pressure to secure the only completely clean […]
Olivier Philippaerts (BEL) & H&M Legend of Love won the €60,200 Deutsche Vermögensberatung Prize CSI 5* last Friday during the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) of Berlin CSI 5* in Germany. Olivier Philippaerts (BEL) & H&M Legend of Love The Belgian and the 12-year-old grey German Sport Horse […]
Valkenswaard United have taken the fight to rivals London Knights, securing pole position for tomorrow’s GCL Berlin showdown. With United just behind the Knights on the overall ranking, every fence will count as the two teams tussle at the top of leaderboard. With just five events left, both […]
The London Knights have secured a sensational third win of the season, after a knife-edge finish saw Ben Maher (GBR) with Explosion W and Nicola Philippaerts (BEL) with H&M Chilli Willi take the top step of the podium at GCL Chantilly. It all came down to the final […]
The London Knights have finished a furlong ahead of closest rivals Valkenswaard United in today’s race for position, with Nicola Philippaerts (BEL) on H&M Chilli Willi and Ben Maher (GBR) with Winning Good delivering foot perfect performances in the first round of GCL Chantilly. Knights and United – […]
Temperatures soared in France’s capital city as Montreal Diamonds’ Harrie Smolders (NED) and Jos Verlooy (BEL) kept cool under pressure to take their first win of the season at the GCL Paris. With all eyes on the Global Champions League Prague Playoffs, where only the top 16 teams […]
In a dramatic reversal of fortune lowest-ranked GCL team Hamburg Giants put in their strongest result of the season in a thrilling first round in Paris. Despite being one of the first teams to start, Sameh El Dahan (EGY) and René Lopez (COL) pulled out a flawless double […]
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 […]
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 London Knights have increased their margin of lead over all other teams in the 2018 Global Champions League standings after earning their second consecutive victory yesterday during the Global Champions League of Madrid at the Campo de Villa Madrid in Spain. As we reported yesterday, the team’s […]
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 London Knights are the leading lights after round one of the GCL Shanghai, seizing pole position ahead of Saturday’s crucial decider. The classy pairing of Ben Maher and U25 rider Emily Moffitt led the cavalry charge from the off and their double clear proved unassailable. Ludger Beerbaum […]
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 […]
