2009 Global Champions Tour

The 2009 Global Champions Tour was the fourth edition of the Global Champions Tour (GCT), an international show jumping competition series. The series was primarily held in Europe, with one event and the final taking place outside the continent. Each competition offered a minimum prize fund of €285,000. All GCT events were classified as CSI 5*.

The competitions were held between May 2 and August 23, 2009. The final took place in Doha, Qatar, from November 11 to 15, 2009.

The winner of the 2009 Global Champions Tour Final was Michel Robert of France, riding Kellemoi de Pepita.

Competitions

All events were held as two-round competitions against the clock, with a jump-off against the clock if required.

The ranking of riders not qualifying for the jump-off was based on the number of penalties accumulated across both rounds, followed by the time recorded in the second round. Riders not qualifying for the second round were ranked according to their penalties and time in the first round, and were placed behind those who advanced to the second round.

1st Competition: Global Champions Tour of Italy

  • Dates: April 2–5, 2009 – Arezzo,  Italy
  • Grand Prix: Saturday, April 4, 2009 – Start: 17:30, prize money: €285,000[1]
Rider Horse Round 1 Round 2 Jump-off scoring
points
Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Marco Kutscher Cash 0 - 0 - 0 34.55 20
2 Michel Robert Kellemoi de Pepita 0 - 0 - 0 35.04 18
3 Bernardo Alves Chupa Chup 0 - 0 - 0 35.60 16

(Top 3 of 49 competitors)

2nd Competition: Global Champions Tour of Spain

Rider Horse Round 1 Round 2 Jump-off scoring
points
Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)
1 John Whitaker Peppermill 0 - 0 72.55 20
2 Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Ninja 0 - 1 74.46 18
3 Edwina Alexander Itot du Chateau 0 - 4 65.36 16

(Top 3 of 50 competitors)

3rd Competition: Global Champions Tour of Germany

  • Dates: May 21–24, 2009 – Hamburg, as part of the German show jumping and dressage derby,  Germany
  • Grand Prix: Saturday, May 23, 2009 – Start: 13:30, prize money: €285,000[3]
Rider Horse Round 1 Round 2 Jump-off scoring
points
Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Bernardo Alves Chupa Chup 0 - 0 - 0 51.05 20
2 Carsten-Otto Nagel Corradina 0 - 0 - 0 51.25 18
3 Roger-Yves Bost Ideal de la Loge 0 - 0 - 0 52.08 16

(Top 3 of 48 competitors)

4th Competition: Global Champions Tour of France

  • Dates: June 11–13, 2009 – Cannes,  France
  • Grand Prix: Saturday, June 13, 2009 – Start: 18:00, prize money: €285,000[4]
Rider Horse Round 1 Round 2 Jump-off scoring
points
Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Roger-Yves Bost Ideal de la Loge 0 - 0 52.51 20
2 Daniel Deußer Aboyeur W 0 - 1 54.87 18
3 Ben Maher Robin Hood W 0 - 1 56.37 16

(Top 3 of 44 competitors)

5th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Monaco

  • Dates: June 25–27, 2009 – Port Hercule marina, Monte Carlo,  Monaco
  • Grand Prix: Saturday, June 27, 2009 – Start: 18:00, prize money: €285,000[5]
Rider Horse Round 1 Round 2 Jump-off scoring
points
Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Richard Spooner Cristallo 0 - 0 - 0 35.46 20
2 Alvaro de Miranda Neto Picolien Zeldenrust 0 - 0 - 0 36.85 18
3 Rodrigo Pessoa Let's Fly 0 - 0 - 0 37.20 16

(Top 3 of 45 competitors)

6th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Portugal

  • Dates: July 9–11, 2009 – Hipódromo Manuel Possolo, Cascais near Estoril,  Portugal
  • Grand Prix: Saturday, July 11, 2009 – Start: 19:00, prize money: €400,000 (the highest prize fund for a show jumping Grand Prix in Europe)[6]
Rider Horse Round 1 Round 2 Jump-off scoring
points
Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Leopold van Asten Santana B 0 - 0 - 0 44.06 20
2 Clarissa Crotta West Side van Meerputhoeve 0 - 0 - 4 40.95 18
3 Luciana Diniz As-Taro 0 - 0 - 8 44.97 16

(Top 3 of 45 competitors)

7th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Brasil

  • Dates: July 31 – August 2, 2009 – Sociedade Hípica Brasileira, Rio de Janeiro (Athina Onassis International Horse Show),  Brazil
  • Grand Prix: Saturday, August 1, 2009 – Start: 13:45, prize money: €285,000[7]
Rider Horse Round 1 Round 2 Jump-off scoring
points
Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Gianni Govoni Joyau d'Opal 0 - 0 - 0 36.15 20
2 Eric Lamaze Hickstead 0 - 0 - 0 36.51 18
3 Marco Kutscher Cornet Obolensky 0 - 0 - 0 37.40 16

(Top 3 of 42 competitors)

8th Competition: Global Champions Tour of the Netherlands

  • Dates: August 20–23, 2009 – Valkenswaard,  Netherlands
  • Grand Prix: Saturday, August 22, 2009 – Start: 13:45, prize money: €285,000[8]
Rider Horse Round 1 Round 2 Jump-off scoring
points
Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Edwina Alexander Itot du Chateau 0 - 0 - 0 35.49 20
2 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum Shutterfly 0 - 0 - 0 35.81 18
3 Michel Robert Kellemoi de Pepita 0 - 0 - 0 35.95 16

(Top 3 of 50 competitors)

Global Champions Tour Final

Overall standings (after eight competitions)

Rider 1st
Competition 		2nd
Competition 		3rd
Competition 		4th
Competition 		5th
Competition 		6th
Competition 		7th
Competition 		8th
Competition 		scoring
points
(Total)
1 Edwina Alexander 10 16 (0) (0) 9 0 10 20 65
2 Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum 0 9 14 11 - 10 - 18 62
3 Patrick Mc Entee 4 10 11 12 12 12 - (0) 61
4 Marco Kutscher 20 0 - - 0 3 16 13 52
5 Michel Robert 18 15 - - - - - 16 49

(Top five. Six results counted for the final standing)[9]

Final

  • Dates: November 11–14, 2009 – Doha,  Qatar

First round

  • Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009 – Start: 21:00
  • Prize money: €50,000[10]
Rider Horse Penalties Time
(s)
1 Eric Lamaze Hickstead 0 72.25
2 Bernardo Alves Chupa Chup 0 73.13
3 Albert Zoer Okidoki 0 75.63

(Top three of 25 competitors)

Final result after second round and jump-off

  • Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009 – Start: 20:00
  • Prize money: €900,000[11]
Rider Horse Jump-off
Penalties Time
(s)		 Penalties Time
(s)
1 Michel Robert Kellemoi de Pepita 0 - 0 49.76
2 Jos Lansink Valentina van't Heike 0 - 0 49.89
3 Alvaro de Miranda Neto Picolien Zeldenrust 0 - 4 46.52
4 Ulrich Kirchhoff Carino 0 - 4 46.91
5 Denis Lynch All Inclusive NRW 1 88.92

(Top five of 18 competitors)

References

  1. ^ Result GCT Arezzo 2009
  2. ^ Result GCT Valencia 2009
  3. ^ Result GCT Hamburg 2009
  4. ^ "Result GCT Cannes 2009". Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  5. ^ "Result GCT Monte Carlo 2009". Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  6. ^ Result GCT Estoril 2009
  7. ^ "Result GCT Rio de Janeiro 2009". Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  8. ^ "Result GCT Valkenswaard 2009". Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  9. ^ Final standing CN Global Champions Tour 2009
  10. ^ "Result GCT Final 2009, first round". Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
  11. ^ "Final result GCT Final 2009". Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
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