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Kraut Back on Top in Cannes

Marcus Ehning and Plot Blue seen from below in wide angle at the GCT Cannes.

It was a night of glamour in Cannes with packed VIP lodges looking on as the USA’s Laura Kraut regained her spot at the top of the Global Champions Tour circuit rankings. Kraut ultimately wound up tenth in the grand prix, won by Germany’s Marcus Ehning, but her four-fault performance on Jubilee d’Ouilly was enough […]

Maher-velous in London!

Ben Maher and his grey horse Cella on a victory gallop.

Hometown hero Ben Maher took top honors in the Longines Global Champions Tour CSI-5* London Grand Prix on Sunday, sealing a patriotic victory on Cella on June 8. Second-place Nick Skelton, another Londoner, made it one of the most electrifying jump-offs in grand prix sport riding his Olympic gold medal stallion Big Star to eclipse […]

Kraut Tops Wiesbaden

Laura Kraut and her great grey Cedric

The USA’s Laura Kraut and her incredible 16-year-old gelding Cedric catapulted to the top of the Longines Global Champions Tour ranking with three flawless rounds at the Grand Prix of Wiesbaden, Germany, May 18. After three shows in the 13-city GCT circuit, wrapping Nov. 23 in Doha, Kraut now leads the tour standings with 77 […]

Leprevost Unbeatable in Vienna

Penelope Leprevost of France and her grey Mylord Cathargo in Vienna.

France’s Pénélope Leprevost won the Grand Prix of Austria CSI5*, but it’s Aussie Edwina Tops-Alexander and Swede Rolf-Göran Bengtsson who won the day on Sept. 22. This marked the high point of the eleventh stop on the Global Champions Tour and the pair are in a tie for first as they head to the circuit […]

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