2008 Global Champions Tour

The 2008 Global Champions Tour was the 3rd edition of the Global Champions Tour (GCT), an important international show jumping competition series. The 2008 Global Champions Tour was the first edition of the Global Champions Tour as official series of the FEI.[1]

The series is held mainly in Europe, one competition and also the final are held outside of Europe. All competitions are endowed with 300000 €. All GCT events were held as CSI 5*.

The competitions was held between April 10, 2008 and September 14, 2008. The final was held in São Paulo, Brazil from October 15, 2008 to October 19, 2008.

The champion of the Global Champions Tour Final of this year is Jessica Kürten of Ireland on Libertina.

Contents

Competitions

All competitions are held as competition over two rounds against the clock with one jump-off against the clock.

The placement of the riders, who are not qualified for the jump-off, results of the number of penalties of both rounds and the time of the first round. Competitors who are not qualified for the second round, placed behind the riders who compete in the second round.

1st Competition: Global Champions Tour of Qatar

April 10, 2008 to April 12, 2008 - Doha,  Qatar
Competition: Saturday, April 12, 2008 - Start: 6:00 pm, prize money: 300000 €[2]

Rider Horse Penalties Time (s) Jump-off scoring
points
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Denis Lynch Lantinus 0 0 - 0 49.49 20
2 Alois Pollmann-Schweckhorst Lord Luis 0 0 - 0 49.95 18
3 Steve Guerdat Jalisca Solier 0 0 - 0 50.69 16

(Top 3 of 39 Competitors)

2nd Competition: Global Champions Tour of Germany

April 30, 2008 to May 4, 2008 - Hamburg (German show jumping and dressage derby),  Germany
Competition: Saturday, May 3, 2008 - Start: 2:00 pm, prize money: 300000 €[3]

Rider Horse Penalties Time (s) Jump-off scoring
points
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Thomas Voss Leonardo B 0 0 - 0 48.35 20
2 Albert Zoer Sam 0 0 - 4 48.21 18
3 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum Checkmate 0 0 - 4 75.04 16

(Top 3 of 48 Competitors)

3rd Competition: Global Champions Tour of France

June 12, 2008 to June 14, 2008 - Cannes,  France
Competition: Saturday, June 14, 2008 - Start: 6:00 pm, prize money: 300000 €[4]

Rider Horse Penalties Time (s) Jump-off scoring
points
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum Shutterfly 0 0 - 0 40.74 20
2 Edwina Alexander Itot du Chateau 0 0 - 0 43.74 18
3 Robert Whitaker Lacroix 4 0 78.83 16

(Top 3 of 49 Competitors)

4th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Monaco

June 26, 2008 to June 28, 2008 - shore at the marina „Port Hercule“, Monte Carlo,  Monaco
Competition: Saturday, June 28, 2008 - Start: 6:00 pm, prize money: 300000 €[5]

Rider Horse Penalties Time (s) Jump-off scoring
points
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Richard Spooner Cristallo 0 0 - 0 38.99 20
2 Marcus Ehning Vulkano FRH 0 0 - 0 39.01 18
3 Ulrich Kirchhoff Carino 0 0 - 0 44.23 16

(Top 3 of 46 Competitors)

5th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Portugal

July 10, 2008 to July 12, 2008 - Hipódromo Manuel Possolo, Cascais near Estoril,  Portugal
Competition: Saturday, July 12, 2008 - Start: 7:30 pm, prize money: 300000 €[6]

Rider Horse Penalties Time (s) Jump-off scoring
points
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum Checkmate 0 0 - 0 41.11 20
2 Marco Kutscher Cash 0 0 - 0 41.83 18
3 Nick Skelton Arko 0 0 - 0 42.63 16

(Top 3 of 46 Competitors)

6th Competition: Global Champions Tour of the Netherlands

July 31, 2008 - August 3, 2008 - Valkenswaard,  Netherlands
Competition: Saturday, August 2, 2008 - Start: 1:45 pm, prize money: 300000 €[7]

Rider Horse Penalties Time (s) Jump-off scoring
points
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Daniel Deußer Air Jordan Z 0 0 - 0 34.50 20
2 Nick Skelton Arko 0 0 - 0 34.97 18
3 Edwina Alexander Socrates 0 0 - 0 36.69 16

(Top 3 of 47 Competitors)

7th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Italy

September 11, 2008 to September 14, 2008 - Arezzo,  Italy
Competition: Saturday, September 13, 2008 - Start: 1:00 pm, prize money: 300000 €[8]

Rider Horse Penalties Time (s) Jump-off scoring
points
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum Shutterfly 0 0 83.76 20
2 Judy-Ann Melchior Aktion Pur Z 0 1 84.82 18
3 Steve Guerdat Tresor 0 2 87.17 16

(Top 3 of 47 Competitors)

Global Champions Tour Final

overall standings (after 7 competitions)

Rider 1st
Competition		 2nd
Competition		 3rd
Competition		 4th
Competition		 5th
Competition		 6th
Competition		 7th
Competition		 scoring
points
(Total)
1 Nick Skelton - 11 13 11 16 18 13 82
2 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum 0 16 20 - 20 0 20 76
3 Edwina Alexander 4 0 18 9 9 16 12 68
4 Judy-Ann Melchior 15 10 8 0 3 5 18 59
5 Marcus Ehning 0 0 0 18 10 10 15 53

(Top 5)[9]

Final

October 15, 2008 to October 19, 2008 - Hipica Paulista, São Paulo (Athina Onassis International Horse Show),  Brazil

First round

Competition: Thursday, October 16, 2008 - Start: 3:30 pm, prize money: 50000 €[10]

Rider Horse Penalties Time
(s)
1 Ludo Philippaerts Winningmood 0 78.10
2 Jessica Kürten Libertina 0 78.46
3 Tim Gredley Omelli 0 79.02

(Top 3 of 25 Competitors)

Final result after second round and jump-off

Competition: Saturday, August 14, 2009 - Start: 8:00 pm, prize money: 900000 €[11]

Rider Horse Jump-off
Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Jessica Kürten Libertina 0 - 0 34.25
2 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum Shutterfly 0 - 0 35.01
3 Ludger Beerbaum All Inclusive NRW 0 - 0 37.06
4 Julien Epaillard Kanthaka de Petra 0 - 8 37.81
5 Tim Gredley Omelli 4 72.69

(Top 5 of 18 Competitors)

References

  1. ^ "Global Champions Tour startet in Arezzo" (german; ...Seit 2008 ist die Global Champions Tour eine unter dem Dach der FEI stattfindende offizielle Serie...)
  2. ^ Result GCT Doha 2008
  3. ^ Result GCT Hamburg 2008
  4. ^ Result GCT Cannes 2008
  5. ^ Result GCT Monte Carlo 2008
  6. ^ Result GCT Estoril 2008
  7. ^ Result GCT Valkenswaard 2008
  8. ^ Result GCT Arezzo 2008
  9. ^ Final standing Global Champions Tour ranking 2008
  10. ^ Result GCT Final 2009, first round
  11. ^ Final result GCT Final 2009
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