The complete 5* rider list for the Longines Global Champions Tour of Miami Beach has been released! With just seven days to go until the show gets underway and the 10th Anniversary season is officially launched, we are pleased to announce that along-side top show jumping stars released last week, such as legendary U.S. No1 Beezie Madden (USA), World No1 Scott Brash (GBR) and reigning Olympic Champ Steve Guerdat (SUI), the Tour will welcome a world-class selection of riders to the spectacular Miami Beach venue, including:
Reigning European Champion Roger-Yves Bost (FRA), 2011 & 2012 Longines GCT Champion Edwina Tops-Alexander (AUS), former Olympic Champ Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA), British legend Michael Whitaker, 2014 FEI World Cup Final winner Daniel Deusser (GER), Greek No1 Athina Onassis de Miranda, 2014 World Gold medallist Maikel van der Vleuten (NED), and Olympic and World medallist Laura Kraut (USA).
The cream of international equestrianism will be joined by the some of the biggest names in U.S. showjumping – Lauren Hough, Lucy Davis, Todd Minikus, Georgina Bloomberg, Katie Dinan and Jessica Springsteen. This landmark event and its jaw-dropping venue, which offers free admission to spectators, will be launched at a press conference at 1 Hotel, South Beach on Wednesday 1 April ahead of the start of competitions on Thursday 2 April at 8am and climaxing with the prestigious $600,000 Longines Global Champions Tour of Miami Beach Grand Prix on Saturday 4 April.
Lots of the equestrian stars are going to visit Austria from 17 to 20 September for the fourth VIENNA MASTERS where they will compete one last time before the final of the Longines Global Champions Tour. Tickets for the VIENNA MASTERS are already available online.
Full riders list Miami Beach:
Australia
Edwina Tops-Alexander
Belgium
Pieter Devos
Constant van Paesschen
Gregory Wathelet
Brazil
Joao Eduardo Ferreira de Carvalho
Doda de Miranda
Marlon Módolo Zanotelli
Rodrigo Pessoa
Canada
Tiffany Foster
Eric Lamaze
Colombia
Carlos Lopez
El Salvador
José Alfredo Hernández Ortega
France
Roger-Yves Bost
Simon Delestre
Kevin Staut
Germany
Daniel Deusser
Hans-Dieter Dreher
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum
Ireland
Darragh Kenny
Denis Lynch
Richie Moloney
Shane Sweetnam
Netherlands
Maikel van der Vleuten
Portugal
Luciana Diniz
Qatar
Sheikh Ali Bin Khalid Al Thani
Bassem Hassan Mohammed
Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Al Sharbatly
Spain
Sergio Alvarez Moya
Switzerland
Steve Guerdat
Jane Richard Philips
United Kingdom
Scott Brash
Ben Maher
Michael Whitaker
United States
Georgina Bloomberg
Audrey Coulter
Lucy Davis
Katherine Dinan
Kent Farrington
Margie Goldstein-Engle
Lauren Hough
Paige Johnson
Laura Kraut
Beezie Madden
Todd Minikus
Schuyler Riley
Paris Sellon
Jessica Springsteen
McLain Ward
Caitlin Ziegler
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Emanuel Andrade
Pablo Barrios
Andres Rodriguez
For more event information, including show schedule, TV schedule and the complete 5* rider list, please visit www.globalchampionstour.com
Source: Pressemitteilung
