Shanghai, China – May 03, 2019 – Before the main competition today dignitaries and officials took part in a ceremony in the arena to official unveil a model of the spectacular new Shanghai Juss International Equestrian Center. The significant development comes after the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) first debuted […]
Shanghai, China – May 03, 2019 – Julien Epaillard (FRA) and Usual Suspect d’Auge chalked up yet another CSI 5* speed class win at the Longines Global Champions Tour of Shanghai CSI 5*, with a dominant performance in today’s €51.450 opening class. The French rider finished a full second faster […]
Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, USA – April 19, 2019 – Olivier Philippaerts (BEL) and Cataleya 3 gave a new definition to the word speed in a thrilling twelve rider jump-off today at the Longines Global Champions Tour of Miami Beach CSI 5*/2*. Olivier and his bay mare pulled […]
Miami Beach, Florida, USA – April 18, 2019 – Kent Farrington (USA) and Creedance won the €93,800 First GCL Individual Class CSI 5*, a speed challenge held last Thursday during the Longines Global Champions Tour of Miami Beach CSI 5*/2* in Miami, Florida, USA. The American and the […]
Miami Beach, Miami, USA – April 19, 2019 – On the penultimate day of Longines Global Champions Tour of Miami Beach CSI 5*, 28 riders raced against the clock around Uliano Vezzani’s course of 1.45m fences in the hope of taking home a win on the beachfront. Spectators […]
Mexico City, Mexico – April 13, 2019 – Jérôme Guery (BEL) and Quel Homme de Hus pulled off a glorious victory in the €311,000 Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Mexico City CSI 5*. Guery and his powerful 13-year-old bay Holsteiner stallion (Quidam de Revel x Candillo) emerged triumphant […]
Mexico City, Mexico – April 13, 2019 – Great Britain’s Scott Brash (GBR) proved why Mexico City is one of his favourite destinations with a sizzling win with Hello Mr. President in the €51,000 GNP Seguros Trophy CSI 5* yesterday during the Longines Global Champions Tour of Mexico City […]
Mexico City, Mexico – April 12, 2019 – The opening class of the Longines Global Champions Tour of Mexico City CSI 5* kicked off with a win for Eduardo Alvarez Aznar (ESP) and a tantalising look at the form of top riders and horses at the event. Ahead of […]
Doha, Qatar – March 02, 2019 – Julien Epaillard (FRA) and Usual Suspect d’Auge triumphed in the first Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) Grand Prix of 2019 with a masterful galloping victory in Doha. The Qatari capital played host to the opening leg of the season, having the €375,000 Longines […]
Doha, Qatar – March 01, 2019 – Bertram Allen (IRL) pulled off a mind-blowing speedy performance to win yesterday’s headline €145,800 jump-off class CSI 5* at Al Shaqab’s magnificent arena in Doha. It was a blistering tiebreaker featuring 16 combinations and it all came down to precision and speed […]
Doha, Qatar – March 01, 2019 – The third CSI 5* competition of the Longines Global Champions Tour of Doha CSI 5* saw international combinations rocket around the Al Shaqab arena. The €50,200 1.50m speed class had twenty-four starters and half of those jumped clear rounds, meaning the […]
Doha, Qatar – February 28, 2019 – The Longines Global Champions Tour of Doha CSI 5* kicked off in style this afternoon with a win from Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) in the first CSI 5* class of the weekend, a €25,125 two-phase class. As the curtains lifted for the […]
New York will make its debut on the Longines Global Champions Tour and GCL international calendar in 2019 consolidating the circuit’s presence in the USA, it can be announced today. Three new cities join the circuit this year – New York, Montreal in Canada and Sweden’s capital city Stockholm […]
Edwina Tops-Alexander (AUS) has not only secured the Longines Global Champions Tour title twice in her career, but last month added a new accolade to her long list of achievements by becoming the first ever winner of the prestigious LGCT Super Grand Prix – fending off 15 of the […]
Ben Maher (GBR) a year of a lifetime competing in both the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) and Global Champions League (GCL) in 2018. The Brit did not only win the two most prestigious championship series in the sport but was also the overall leader in terms of […]
The official rider list for the dynamic new GC Prague Playoffs can today be revealed with a heavyweight line up of show jumping superstars. The innovative GC Playoffs is a new concept for the sport and has seen individual Longines Global Champions Tour riders and GCL teams fighting […]
Roger-Yves Bost (FRA) has made an announcement stating that two of his top horses, Pégase du Mûrier and Qoud’Coeur de la Loge, will be retired from showjumping and go on to focus on their breeding careers as stallions. The Frenchman’s two top stallions registered several wins at the […]
The countdown is on to the spectacular new GC Playoffs in Prague in one month as riders and teams start the final preparations for the biggest showdown in show jumping. All eyes will be on the first-ever indoor event on the circuit which will be staged just before […]
Unstoppable and untouchable Ben Maher (GBR) crowned a season of a lifetime winning the LGCT Grand Prix final in Doha on the superstar young stallion Explosion W and was crowned the new 2018 Champion of Champions. Riding the crest of a wave the British rider was also the […]
Bassem Hassan Mohammed (QAT) took his second win of the weekend in this afternoon’s Longines Global Champions Tour speed class CSI 5*, thrilling local spectators as they rooted for their home hero. Al Shaqab’s illustrious shopping village was bustling as locals enjoyed the first day of their weekend at […]
Christian Ahlmann (GER) and Caribis Z triumphed in a star-studded jump off in Doha tonight setting hearts racing ahead of the LGCT Grand Prix and GCL finals on Super Saturday. With huge anticipation building for tomorrow’s blockbuster, fans were treated to a mouth-watering curtain raiser from a world […]
Ludger “The Legend” Beerbaum (GER) and Chiara won the €60,000 first individual GCL class CSI 5* yesterday during the Longines Global Champions Tour of Doha CSI 5* at Al Shaqab in Doha, Qatar. Ludger Beerbaum (GER) & Chiara The German and the 15-year-old grey Holsteiner mare (Contender x […]
In a remarkable first class of the Longines Global Champions Tour of Doha, home hero Bassem Hassan Mohammed (QAT) and Julien Epaillard (FRA) matched the top time of the class finishing in 24.85 seconds. Bassem Hassan Mohammed (QAT) & Argelith Squid Bassem spoke after his joint win: “It’s very […]
With LGCT Doha hitting Al Shaqab from 8th – 10th November, all eyes will be on the very best horses and riders in the sport as they battle for supremacy in the world’s premier show jumping series. In an exclusive interview ahead of the event Sheikh Ali revealed: […]
He’s so confident – he’s confident in absolutely everything he does. He just loves life.” New LGCT Champion Ben Maher (GBR) is gunning for the GCL team series trophy in Doha in November and in an exclusive interview he reveals the high calibre horse power that propelled him to the individual title. […]
Cian O’Connor (IRL) has taken over the reins of Lady Cracotte, a 10-year-old Italian Sport Horse mare (Quaprice x Galoubet A) that has been simply spectacular since Niels Bruynseels (BEL) started riding her in late April. Together, the Belgian and the chestnut mare simply took the top of […]
Niels Bruynseels (BEL) and the Italian bred mare Lady Cracotte blasted away the competition in a sizzling final €93,000 CSI5* 1.55m class of the Longines Global Champions Tour of Rome. Bruynseels took a convincing win in Italy’s capital city, a full two seconds faster than the rest of […]
Great Britain’s Ben Maher and Explosion W, one of the most phenomenal combinations in show jumping today, were declared LGCT Champion of 2018 in a fairytale ending to their blazing 2018 season. The Olympic gold medallist Ben and Poden Farms’ extraordinary Expolsion W have dominated the individual championship […]
The window of the 2018 Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) is being closed as the championship series makes it curtain-call stops in Rome this week and Doha later on. The chase for the title has separated pretenders from contender and Ben Maher (GBR) is still sitting on top […]
The countdown for Longines Global Champions Tour of Rome is underway, with the 15th – and penultimate – leg of the 2018 Championship race reaching fever pitch. From the 6th – 9th September, the Stadio dei Marmi will welcome the very top horses and riders in the […]
