Consistency pays off on the Global Champions Tour. Parlaying her extraordinary lead throughout the 2012 season, Australia’s Edwina Tops-Alexander earned a second consecutive GCT championship crown, even though ranked 27th in the final test of the 12-part series, the $518,000 Gucci Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi, a CSI5* 1.60m. Sweden’s Katharina Offel and Fidji Island […]
The USA’s Laura Kraut and Cedric notched their the first-ever Global Champions Tour victory, the $374,000 Grand Prix of Switzerland in Lausanne, Sept. 15. Riding the 14-year-old KWPN gelding, Kraut (Palm Beach, FL) was one of only two to go clear in all three rounds, the other being Sweden’s Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and Casall La Silla. […]
The Chantilly leg of the Global Champions Tour featured nine U.S. show jumpers in the grand prix, with Beezie Madden making it all the way to No. 2 on Simon. It was Hans-Dieter Dreher of Germany that triumphed at the July 21 grand prix on his dark bay stallion Magnus Romeo, but with a week […]
The Global Champions tour youthquake continued, with Philipp Weishaupt clinching his first Global Champions Tour Grand Prix win in Estoril, Portugal July 14. The 26-year-old German pulled off two brilliant clear rounds on Leoville 2, clocked an unbeatable jump-off time of 44.96 that his boss, Ludger Beerbaum, described as a triumph of “youth over age.” […]
The epic battle for the 2012 Global Champions Tour crown continues in Monte-Carlo as top-ranked international riders countdown to this weekend’s GCT Grand Prix du Prince de Monaco. In less than 48 hours leading riders from all over the world will start competing in a series of 5* classes at the sensational Port d’Hercule showground […]
Gerco Schröder hit the GCT jackpot, beating Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and Edwina Tops-Alexander in the Grand Prix of Cannes on June 16. The Dutch rider hit the gas early in the jump off on his stallion Eurocommerce London, accelerating to the finish in 34.22, beating Bengtsson (SWE) and Casall La Silla and Tops-Alexander (AUS) and Cevo […]
Australia’s Edwina Tops-Alexander and her show jumping superstar Cevo Itot du Chateau did not disappoint in the opening leg of the 2012 Global Champions Tour, winning the $600,000 Grand Prix of Qatar in Doha on April 7. After two initial rounds, the reigning 2011 GCT champion bested rivals in a high-powered jump-off of seven. Tops-Alexander […]
