For the 2019 Longines Global Champions Tour and Global Champions League, the beautiful city of Stockholm, Sweden will join the list of spectacular locations that set the backdrop for the international jumping circuit. The championship series offers the highest prize money in the sport, and for the first time ever in the LGCT/GCl circuit, the world’s top riders […]
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In true sporting fashion, the Hamburg Diamonds have silenced their Valkenswaard United rivals in the Global Champions League of Valkenswaard Final. After a clear performance in the opening round on Friday, August 11, Hamburg Diamonds teammates Harrie Smolders of The Netherlands and Belgium’s Jos Verlooy went on to seal the deal in Saturday’s GCL Final on August 12. Smolders and Verlooy delivered […]
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To close out the team competition at the LGCT debut in Berlin, Germany on Saturday, July 29, 2017, the Valkenswaard United won the Global Champions League CSI5* Final of Berlin, narrowing the gap between themselves and the Hamburg Diamonds in the overall team title race. After Friday’s opening round, which saw the Miami Glory at the top of the leader board going […]
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I write this letter as a devoted animal advocate, frustrated rider and teammate. On Saturday, July 8, 2017, after winning the Cascais leg of the Global Champions League, our team, the Miami Glory, was quickly disqualified after Scott Brash’s horse, Hello Forever, came out of the arena and a steward noticed an extremely small spur mark […]
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