November 2, 2025 
The final Golden Ticket for the LGCT Super Grand Prix was claimed in Riyadh on Saturday and it’s shaping up to be a Dutch vs Deutsch showdown.
Jana Wargers of Germany added her name to the startlist, topping the 16th and final Grand Prix of the 2025 LGCT season. Aboard Dorette OLD, she produced a double-clear to stop the clock in 41.71 seconds and become one of just two women to qualify the Super Grand Prix in Prague later this month. Anastasia Nielsen, 19, claimed her spot in Rabat.
“My mare felt really honest today. In that one last line, I made the difference. I just decided to go for it all the way,” said Wargers. “My focus was really on us as a combination. I had complete trust in my mare!
“The thought that I could win the golden ticket might have been in the back of my mind…”
The €1.25 million Super Grand Prix is a win-and-you’re-in format where the top placed rider (not already qualified) in each of the 16 grands prix of the LGCT season earn a ticket. But while the Global Champions Tour hosts riders from across the globe, two nations make up the bulk of the field this year. Of the 16 Super Grand Prix contenders, ten hail from Germany and Belgium.
Riding under the Belgian flag are Olympians Abdel Saïd and Jérôme Guery, 2025 LGCT champion Gilles Thomas, and Philippaerts brothers Nicola and Thibault. The German contingent is made up of 2004 Olympic individual and team bronze medalist Marco Kutscher, 2025 individual Olympic champion Christian Kukuk, plus Gerrit Nieberg, Philipp Weishaupt, and Wargers.
Reigning Olympic team champion Scott Brash (GBR) and championship veterans Harrie Smolders (NED), Simon Delestre (FRA), Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) and Emanuele Camilli (ITL) complete the list.
The LGCT Super Grand Prix will take place Nov 20–23.
