Tag Archives: LGCT

Victor Bettendorf was happy just to be qualified for the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Rome on Sunday. Then he won it. The Luxembourg rider is ranked no....

Harry Charles was denied the opportunity to challenge Christian Kukuk for the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. But he got his chance in London. Charles helped the Brits...

Thibeau Spits has added his name to the LGCT Super Cup start list. The 23-year-old Belgian and Impress-K van 't Kattenheye Z beat veteran combination Marcus Ehning and Coolio 42...

Equestrian sport is unusual in that middle age is often an advantage. While gymnasts typically peak in their teens and 40 is considered archaic in American football (27.6 is the...

To say Ines Joly was an underdog in the CSI5* LGCT Grand Prix du Prince de Monaco is an understatement. The French rider has won three Grands Prix over the...

The Philippaerts twins, Nicola and Olivier, are no strangers to the podium on the Longines Global Champions Tour. The brothers not only share identical DNA but also an equal top-10...

France’s Jeanne Sadran captured Parisian hearts and her first 5* Grand Prix title at the Longines Global Champions Tour on Saturday. Jumping before a home crowd in the CSI5* LGCT...

Janne Friederike Meyer-Zimmermann was motivated heading into the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Cannes. Motivated by her team, the Cannes Stars. Motivated by the home crowd on the...

They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But that might not be true for show jumpers. It’s certainly not the case for 19-year-old Rokfeller Pleville Bois Margot. This...

Eighteenth in the ring for the LGCT Grand Prix of Ramatuelle on Saturday and first to find a clear path around Gregory Bodo's 1.60m track, Max Kühner watched calmly ringside...

At 25, Gilles Thomas is about to age out of the U25 division. But he's already a proven championship rider—and winner. Case in point: Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) Shanghai,...

Ranked 19th in the world, 30-year-old Nicola Philippaerts (BEL) has already amassed an impressive resume. He competed in his first Olympics at age 22. He's ridden for Belgium at the...

"My best friend Jack Dodd, he died in a car crash a few years ago," shared a tearful Michael Duffy in the post-class interview from Miami. "I always said, when...

If you were wagering on which pair would win the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Doha, Abdel Saïd and Bonne Amie wouldn't have been the favorites. The pair...

"[The years] 2023, 2022 were my best seasons in my career," said Julien Epaillard. On Saturday, the Frenchman added a new feather to his cap: the title Grand Prix of...

At a time when five star Grand Prix winners seem to be getting younger by the second, France’s François Xavier Boudant is a reminder that good things can still come...

In numerology, the number three is considered lucky. It’s associated with joy, abundance, success, good fortune, and wisdom. For Harry Smolders (NED), a rider we can safely assume has zero...

Jack Hardin Towell, better known as Hardin to his friends, is one of America's rising show jumping stars. Humble, grounded and infectiously enthusiastic, the 29-year-old American has been quietly smashing...

More big changes are in store for the Global Champions League (GCL). Earlier this week the GCL and FEI announced that they'd finally put their differences to rest. Today, the GCL has...

If the FEI and Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) can mend their bridges, maybe there's hope for all the political combatants flooding your Facebook feed right now. The formerly dueling big wigs...