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.

Competitions

competitions of the 2008 Global Champions Tour

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 1Round 2Round 1PenaltiesTime
(s)
1Republic of Ireland Denis LynchLantinus00-049.4920
2Germany Alois Pollmann-SchweckhorstLord Luis00-049.9518
3Switzerland Steve GuerdatJalisca Solier00-050.6916

(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 1Round 2Round 1PenaltiesTime
(s)
1Germany Thomas VossLeonardo B00-048.3520
2Netherlands Albert ZoerSam00-448.2118
3Germany Meredith Michaels-BeerbaumCheckmate00-475.0416

(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 1Round 2Round 1PenaltiesTime
(s)
1Germany Meredith Michaels-BeerbaumShutterfly00-040.7420
2Australia Edwina AlexanderItot du Chateau00-043.7418
3United Kingdom Robert WhitakerLacroix4078.8316

(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 1Round 2Round 1PenaltiesTime
(s)
1United States Richard SpoonerCristallo00-038.9920
2Germany Marcus EhningVulkano FRH00-039.0118
3Germany Ulrich KirchhoffCarino00-044.2316

(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 1Round 2Round 1PenaltiesTime
(s)
1Germany Meredith Michaels-BeerbaumCheckmate00-041.1120
2Germany Marco KutscherCash00-041.8318
3United Kingdom Nick SkeltonArko00-042.6316

(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 1Round 2Round 1PenaltiesTime
(s)
1Germany Daniel DeußerAir Jordan Z00-034.5020
2United Kingdom Nick SkeltonArko00-034.9718
3Australia Edwina AlexanderSocrates00-036.6916

(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 1Round 2Round 1PenaltiesTime
(s)
1Germany Meredith Michaels-BeerbaumShutterfly0083.7620
2Belgium Judy-Ann MelchiorAktion Pur Z0184.8218
3Switzerland Steve GuerdatTresor0287.1716

(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)
1United Kingdom Nick Skelton-11131116181382
2Germany Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum01620-2002076
3Australia Edwina Alexander401899161268
4Belgium Judy-Ann Melchior151080351859
5Germany Marcus Ehning0001810101553

(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)
1Belgium Ludo PhilippaertsWinningmood078.10
2Republic of Ireland Jessica KürtenLibertina078.46
3United Kingdom Tim GredleyOmelli079.02

(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
PenaltiesTime
(s)		PenaltiesTime
(s)
1Republic of Ireland Jessica KürtenLibertina0-034.25
2Germany Meredith Michaels-BeerbaumShutterfly0-035.01
3Germany Ludger BeerbaumAll Inclusive NRW0-037.06
4France Julien EpaillardKanthaka de Petra0-837.81
5United Kingdom Tim GredleyOmelli472.69

(Top 5 of 18 Competitors)

References

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