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World No1 Scott
Brash and World No2 Ludger Beerbaum
have spoken about a new era of
“exciting” new football-style club
competitions heralding the start of
a show jumping revolution in 2015.
In an exclusive interview, the
global stars of the sport previewed
the spectacular new Club League,
which will take place in conjunction
with all Longines Global Champions
Tour events around the world next
year.
Club owners will
field “star strikers” to compete on
Friday competitions at each event on
the calendar, including London,
Shanghai, Monaco, Paris and Doha.
Global Champions Tour revolutionised
the sport when it was launched in
2006 and the new League will once
again transform the landscape,
attracting new fans around the
world, media and sponsors. Prize
money for the whole season next year
will rocket to around €20 million in
total for the thrilling club
competitions and the individual
competitions.
Current LGCT
ranking leader Ludger Beerbaum said:
“I must say this is something really
new, even for me with my experience.
He for sure (Scott Brash) will be
part of it for many years.” Speaking
about the tactics and strategy that
will be involved in selecting two
riders from the squad of four for
the club competitions, Ludger said:
“I don’t know if maybe I will end up
as the team manager and not ride any
more, but it is something exciting.”
Great Britain’s
Olympic gold medallist Scott Brash,
who won the Longines GCT
Championship last year and could
still win again this year, said: “I
think it is going to be really
exciting for the viewers and the
fans, and if an owner buys a club
they are obviously going to want to
have the best riders and horses in
their club, so it opens up the
market into buying and selling
riders, and I think this becomes
very interesting and strategic. If
our sport can keep evolving, it can
be spoken about and viewed along
with the likes of golf, tennis and
football.”
Speaking about
the dramatic showdown for the
Longines Global Champions Tour
Championship title in Qatar in
November Ludger said: “There are no
tactics really. You just have to be
ready on the right day. Personally,
I have to watch out that Scott is
not running away!” Scott: “From my
point of view, I only have six
results and many others have seven,
so I have to get into the second
round to get points. If I don’t, I
can fall down the table. I hope I’m
in the top five and Ludger’s not!
He’s the man to beat.”
Full details will
be announced at the Longines Global
Champions Tour final leg at Al
Shaqab in Doha, Qatar, from 13-15
November.
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(Photo: Stefano
Grasso/LGCT)
The final class
of the show, the CSI5* LGT Vienna
Masters, was won by Championship
Leader Ludger Beerbaum (GER) and
Chaman, who are on sparkling form
following one of the best Longines
GCT seasons of Ludger’s career.
Second went to fellow German
Hans-Dieter Dreher with Embassy II
and 3rd to Ludger's Championship
rival Rolf-Göran Bengtsson (SWE)
with Clarimo ASK. The World No2 was
once again all smiles as he accepted
his prize and took his lap of honour.
With a win in the Longines GCT
Lausanne Grand Prix last weekend and
two other podium finishes to his
name, the four-time Olympic Gold
medallist is firm favourite to take
this year’s Championship title.
The first round
was another tricky course from Frank
Rothenberger with difficult
distances and awkward lines, but of
the 44 starters, 15 jumped clear.
Stefan Eder (AUT) set the pace early
on in the jump-off with a fast clear
in 45.42s to eventually finishing up
4th. In-form Simon Delestre came
close to catching Eder, but it was
Hans-Dieter Dreher and Embassy that
smashed the time finishing in 43.75s
to take the lead. However, Ludger
Beerbaum is untouchable at the
moment, riding a confident,
deceptively fast round with Chaman
to take the lead in a time of
42.90s. Second last to go, Bengtsson
gave it his best shot, but had to
settle for third with his bouncy
grey stallion finishing in 44.84s.
As we say
‘Goodnight’ to Vienna and look ahead
to Doha in November, there are
exciting prospects ahead with three
top names all in contention for the
2014 Championship title - reigning
Champ and World No1 Scott Brash
(GBR), German legend Ludger Beerbaum
and 2012 Championship runner-up
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson. Once again the
race for the lion’s share of the
€1million bonus prize fund will come
right down to the wire. Join us in
Doha to find out who will be crowned
king.
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(Photo: Stefano
Grasso/LGCT)
The Longines
Global Champions Tour of Vienna
Grand Prix presented by Icuras was
won by Marcus Ehning (GER) and
17-year-old Plot Blue who looked
untouchable from the start and
finished with the only treble clear
following a roller-coaster class
filled with thrills and spills.
Second place went to 2014 WEG Team
Gold medallist Simon Delestre (FRA)
with Qlassic Bois Margot and third
to Portugal’s Luciana Diniz with
Winningmood. Championship Leader
Ludger Beerbaum (GER) finished 5th,
one place ahead of his close rival
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson (SWE), enabling
him to maintain his lead. Despite
picking up 8 faults in the second
round, reigning Champion Scott Brash
has jumped up from 6th to 3rd making
the race for the overall 2014 title
between these three riders.
A testing
first round
Tonight saw one
of the toughest Grand Prix courses
of the season set this evening by
Frank Rotheberger. The first round
course was described as ‘not nice’
by one star rider. The placement of
the fences was awkward, the
distances were demanding and the
lines were jagged. The time was also
tight, meaning riders had to push
when they might prefer to hold and
cut corners where they would rather
use the precious space available.
The biggest test was the final line
of the Longines combination on five
long strides to a flimsy upright,
similar to the line that sorted out
the best from the rest in last
night’s Gaston Glock’s Championat
Vienna.
Championship
Leader Ludger Beerbaum (GER) picked
up four faults in the first round
with his World Championship ride
Chiara, putting him out of podium
contention but high enough to make
it through to the second round with
the top 18. Rolf-Göran Bengtsson
(SWE) jumped clear with his
inexperienced mare Unita ASK putting
him in a great position to challenge
for the overall lead. But World No1
and defending Champion Scott Brash
with Hello Sanctos also made it
around the course clean with a view
to adding another medal to the three
Golds and one Bronze the
record-breaking pair have won this
season.
A spooky
second round
There would be
some stiff competition in the second
round however as the Championship
contenders were joined by 11 other
clears from the 46 starters,
including Daniel Deusser (GER) with
Cornet d’Amour, Cassio Rivetti (UKR)
with Sea Coast Forlap, Alberto
Michan Halbinger with Carusso LS La
Silla, Pénélope Leprevost (FRA) with
Vagabond de la Pomme and winner of
two classes yesterday Denis Lynch
with All Star 5. Four riders went
through on four faults, including
Edwina Tops-Alexander (AUS) with Old
Chap Tame and Sheikh Ali bin Khalid
Al Thani with Eurocommerce
California.
The second round
brought a few surprises as the
course once again presented very
difficult fences - halfway through
the course a brightly coloured
orange double caught the eye of a
few horses who didn’t jump the fence
well, including Hello Sanctos who
picked up faults here. As with the
first round, the course asked a lot
of the horses and riders, and the
more experienced combinations fared
much better than those with less
mileage - only eventual winners
Marcus Ehning and Plot Blue made
every round appear deceptively
straightforward.
A fault-filled
jump-off
Four made it
through to the final jump-off with a
double clear - Diniz, Ehning,
Delestre and Maikel van der Vleuten
(NED) with VDL Groep Sapphire B. The
course took the riders on a long
route around the arena, with
obstacles coming in quick succession
and off tight turns. First to go was
Simon Delestre, who tried to set a
strong time but lowered the final
fence. Luciana Diniz also set off
with a win in her sights, but a
tight turn to the Longines double
across the middle cost her the first
part. Maikel van der Vleuten was
next to go and though his horse
rattled a few fences on his way
around it looked as though he would
complete the first clear, but he too
lowered the final fence. With no
clears on the board, Marcus Ehning
had only to jump clear to win.
The
Championship comes down to the wire
The hotly-contested
final round of the 2014 Championship
will be hosted by Doha from the
13-15th November. Now a three-horse
race between Brash, Beerbaum and
Bengtsson, it will come down to this
final result before the 2014 Champ
is officially crowned. Beerbaum is
fighing hard for this victory and
has said he will be keeping a close
eye on rivals. With the lion's share
of €1million on offer to the season
winner, each rider will be battling
hard to clinch victory at Al Shaqab,
but at this point there is still
everything to play for for the top
three.
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(Photo: Stefano
Grasso/LGCT)
The Friday night feature class CSI5*
Gaston Glock’s Championat Vienna was
won by Denis Lynch (IRE) and All
Star 5 - Denis’ second win of the
day! The Irishman threw everything
he had at the challenging course set
by Frank Rothenberger to push
Germany’s Hans-Dieter Dreher with
Embassy II and Ludger Beerbaum with
Chaman into 2nd and 3rd,
respectively. A rare smile broke
across Lynch’s face as he accepted
his prize before the packed VIP and
the title sponsors family Glock.
The first round
course was a tough one, beginning
with the black Glock wall at No1,
including tricky distances and
awkward lines in the middle, and
ending in a flimsy upright. It was a
course requiring a horse with power
and scope. The time allowed was also
tight, so every rider set off at
pace, cutting corners and taking
tight lines wherever they dared.
Clears were rare towards the
beginning of the draw, but the big
names quickly rose to the challenge.
By far the most
demanding line was the very short
treble combination across the
floodlit arena on a long five
strides to a wide, square Longines
oxer. Getting the perfect stride to
the oxer going into the treble was
key, then riders had to chose
whether to hold for six short
strides to the Longines oxer or
press for five. Many of the less
experienced riders or those who
didn’t get the perfect shot in
picked up faults here.
Ludger Beerbaum
and Marcus Ehning (GER) with Plot
Blue both chose to add a stride
between the difficult combination
and the Longines oxer, using their
horses’ power and scope to their
advantage. Unfortunately
Championship favourite Rolf-Göran
Bengtsson (SWE) with his bouncy
Clarimo ASK picked up one
unfortunate time fault. The
knowledgable crowd were incredibly
supportive, commiserating with
riders who picked up faults around
the imposing course and cheering
loudly for clears.
Of the 47
starters, 10 jumped clear. The
jump-off course was a twisting route
with the options to both gallop and
turn back tight. Hans-Dieter Dreher
and Embassy II set the standard of
36.39s early on before Ludger and
Chaman executed an elegant round to
slot into second with 36.56s. From
the middle of the draw Denis Lynch,
inspired by his earlier win, took
all the risks galloping to the last
to set an untouchable time of 35.90s
drawing cheers and yells from the
audience.
Looking ahead to
tomorrow’s Longines Global Champions
Tour of Vienna Grand Prix presented
by Icuras, Ranking Leader Ludger
Beerbaum looks like the man to beat
as he maintains his glittering form.
Though Rolf-Göran Bengtsson is the
only rider who can overtake Beerbaum
on the leaderboard here in Vienna,
many are eyeing World No1 Scott
Brash (GBR) for another great result
to add to his record three Longines
GCT Grand Prix wins so far this
season.
You can watch
round 13 of this year's 14-leg
Championship, the Longines Global
Champions Tour of Vienna Grand Prix,
tomorrow on GCT TV, ORF Sport +,
ClassHorseTV and Equidia Life from
6.30pm CEST, and on Eurosport and
beIN Sports 4 from 9pm CEST.
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