2008 Global Champions Tour
The 2008 Global Champions Tour was the third 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.
Competitions
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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
[edit | edit source]April 10, 2008 to April 12, 2008 - Doha, File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
Competition: Saturday, April 12, 2008 - Start: 6:00 pm, prize money: 300000 €[2]
| Rider | Horse | Penalties | Time (s) | Jump-off | scoring points | |||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Penalties | Time (s) | ||||
| 1 | Republic of Ireland Denis Lynch | Lantinus | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 49.49 | 20 |
| 2 | Error creating thumbnail: Alois Pollmann-Schweckhorst | Lord Luis | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 49.95 | 18 |
| 3 | Switzerland Steve Guerdat | Jalisca Solier | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 50.69 | 16 |
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(Top 3 of 39 Competitors)
2nd Competition: Global Champions Tour of Germany
[edit | edit source]April 30, 2008 to May 4, 2008 - Hamburg (German show jumping and dressage derby), Error creating thumbnail: Germany
Competition: Saturday, May 3, 2008 - Start: 2:00 pm, prize money: 300000 €[3]
| Rider | Horse | Penalties | Time (s) | Jump-off | scoring points | |||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Penalties | Time (s) | ||||
| 1 | Error creating thumbnail: Thomas Voss | Leonardo B | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 48.35 | 20 |
| 2 | Netherlands Albert Zoer | Sam | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 48.21 | 18 |
| 3 | Error creating thumbnail: Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum | Checkmate | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 75.04 | 16 |
(Top 3 of 48 Competitors)
3rd Competition: Global Champions Tour of France
[edit | edit source]June 12, 2008 to June 14, 2008 - Cannes, File:Flag of France.svg France
Competition: Saturday, June 14, 2008 - Start: 6:00 pm, prize money: 300000 €[4]
| Rider | Horse | Penalties | Time (s) | Jump-off | scoring points | |||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Penalties | Time (s) | ||||
| 1 | Error creating thumbnail: Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum | Shutterfly | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 40.74 | 20 |
| 2 | Australia Edwina Alexander | Itot du Chateau | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 43.74 | 18 |
| 3 | Error creating thumbnail: Robert Whitaker | Lacroix | 4 | 0 | 78.83 | 16 | ||
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(Top 3 of 49 Competitors)
4th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Monaco
[edit | edit source]June 26, 2008 to June 28, 2008 - shore at the marina „Port Hercule“, Monte Carlo, File:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco
Competition: Saturday, June 28, 2008 - Start: 6:00 pm, prize money: 300000 €[5]
| Rider | Horse | Penalties | Time (s) | Jump-off | scoring points | |||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Penalties | Time (s) | ||||
| 1 | United States Richard Spooner | Cristallo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 38.99 | 20 |
| 2 | Error creating thumbnail: Marcus Ehning | Vulkano FRH | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 39.01 | 18 |
| 3 | Error creating thumbnail: Ulrich Kirchhoff | Carino | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 44.23 | 16 |
(Top 3 of 46 Competitors)
5th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Portugal
[edit | edit source]July 10, 2008 to July 12, 2008 - Hipódromo Manuel Possolo, Cascais near Estoril, File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
Competition: Saturday, July 12, 2008 - Start: 7:30 pm, prize money: 300000 €[6]
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| Rider | Horse | Penalties | Time (s) | Jump-off | scoring points | |||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Penalties | Time (s) | ||||
| 1 | Error creating thumbnail: Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum | Checkmate | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 41.11 | 20 |
| 2 | Error creating thumbnail: Marco Kutscher | Cash | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 41.83 | 18 |
| 3 | Error creating thumbnail: Nick Skelton | Arko | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 42.63 | 16 |
(Top 3 of 46 Competitors)
6th Competition: Global Champions Tour of the Netherlands
[edit | edit source]July 31, 2008 - August 3, 2008 - Valkenswaard, File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Competition: Saturday, August 2, 2008 - Start: 1:45 pm, prize money: 300000 €[7]
| Rider | Horse | Penalties | Time (s) | Jump-off | scoring points | |||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Penalties | Time (s) | ||||
| 1 | Error creating thumbnail: Daniel Deußer | Air Jordan Z | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 34.50 | 20 |
| 2 | Error creating thumbnail: Nick Skelton | Arko | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 34.97 | 18 |
| 3 | Australia Edwina Alexander | Socrates | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 36.69 | 16 |
(Top 3 of 47 Competitors)
7th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Italy
[edit | edit source]September 11, 2008 to September 14, 2008 - Arezzo, File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Competition: Saturday, September 13, 2008 - Start: 1:00 pm, prize money: 300000 €[8]
| Rider | Horse | Penalties | Time (s) | Jump-off | scoring points | |||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Penalties | Time (s) | ||||
| 1 | Error creating thumbnail: Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum | Shutterfly | 0 | 0 | 83.76 | 20 | ||
| 2 | Belgium Judy-Ann Melchior | Aktion Pur Z | 0 | 1 | 84.82 | 18 | ||
| 3 | Switzerland Steve Guerdat | Tresor | 0 | 2 | 87.17 | 16 | ||
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(Top 3 of 47 Competitors)
Global Champions Tour Final
[edit | edit source]overall standings (after 7 competitions)
[edit | edit source]| Rider | 1st Competition |
2nd Competition |
3rd Competition |
4th Competition |
5th Competition |
6th Competition |
7th Competition |
scoring points (Total) | |
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| 1 | Error creating thumbnail: Nick Skelton | - | 11 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 82 |
| 2 | Error creating thumbnail: Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum | 0 | 16 | 20 | - | 20 | 0 | 20 | 76 |
| 3 | Australia Edwina Alexander | 4 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 68 |
| 4 | Belgium Judy-Ann Melchior | 15 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 59 |
| 5 | Error creating thumbnail: Marcus Ehning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 53 |
(Top 5)[9]
Final
[edit | edit source]October 15, 2008 to October 19, 2008 - Hipica Paulista, São Paulo (Athina Onassis International Horse Show), File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
First round
[edit | edit source]Competition: Thursday, October 16, 2008 - Start: 3:30 pm, prize money: 50000 €[10]
| Rider | Horse | Penalties | Time (s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium Ludo Philippaerts | Winningmood | 0 | 78.10 |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland Jessica Kürten | Libertina | 0 | 78.46 |
| 3 | Error creating thumbnail: Tim Gredley | Omelli | 0 | 79.02 |
(Top 3 of 25 Competitors)
Final result after second round and jump-off
[edit | edit source]Competition: Saturday, August 14, 2009 - Start: 8:00 pm, prize money: 900000 €[11]
| Rider | Horse | Jump-off | ||||
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| Penalties | Time (s) |
Penalties | Time (s) | |||
| 1 | Republic of Ireland Jessica Kürten | Libertina | 0 | - | 0 | 34.25 |
| 2 | Error creating thumbnail: Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum | Shutterfly | 0 | - | 0 | 35.01 |
| 3 | Error creating thumbnail: Ludger Beerbaum | All Inclusive NRW | 0 | - | 0 | 37.06 |
| 4 | France Julien Epaillard | Kanthaka de Petra | 0 | - | 8 | 37.81 |
| 5 | Error creating thumbnail: Tim Gredley | Omelli | 4 | 72.69 | ||
(Top 5 of 18 Competitors)
References
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