Rich showjumping series prepares for London debut
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A potent plain of British showjumping riders volition get got on the residuum of the basis at this week’s debut of the Longines Global Champions Tour inward London.
The demonstrate is beingness heralded equally the most of import international demonstrate jumping result to striking Britain since the Olympics together with is much anticipated past times the UK’s huge horse-loving community.
Olympic aureate medallists Nick Skelton, Scott Brash together with Ben Maher addition equestrian sport legends such equally the Whitaker brothers, Michael together with John, are on the high-calibre start list, which features most of the top thirty riders inward the world. British media is already billing the result equally the “ritziest gig going” inward the basis of equestrian sport equally they anticipate the demonstrate together with some of the famous VIPs who attend.
The 13-strong contingent of British riders also includes: Robert Smith, Tim Gredley, Mark Armstrong, Tina Fletcher, William Funnell, Yazmin Pinchen, Alexandra Thornton together with Laura Renwick. They volition live on upward against the biggest hitters on the demonstrate jumping scene today including electrical flow Tour leader Laura Kraut, Christian Ahlmann, Pius Schwizer together with Ireland’s Denis Lynch.
Current Global Champions Tour champion Edwina Tops-Alexander is also amid the top thirty riders competing for a part of the €450,000 prize money. “London is 1 of the most amazing places inward the basis together with it would live on a incredible add-on to our Tour to get got an result there,” she said.
A grandstand for 3000 spectators, amongst tickets from £10, has been erected roughly the arena amongst VIP hospitality lounges amongst ringside seats for all the demonstrate jumping action. H5N1 shopping hamlet together with a giant TV hide volition also live on available.
Top BBC sports broadcaster Clare Balding volition introduce alive coverage of the event from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park showground on Sabbatum afternoon for BBC One.
Balding, whose grandfather, manly mortal raise together with blood brother get got all trained the Queen’s horses, is a old amateur jockey who has become the human face upward of equestrian sport inward the UK.
Eurosport volition also live on broadcasting the Grand Prix activity on Sabbatum June 8, to millions of homes roughly the world. It is the outset fourth dimension the Tour has come upward to the UK. The BBC programme volition broadcast all the excitement of the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix alive together with special behind-the-scenes footage of champion riders together with their horses.
Longines Global Champions Tour London Organiser Peter Phillips said: “It is going to capture the excitement of final year’s Olympics together with it’s swell to get got Clare Balding together with the BBC broadcasting live. The whole aim is to convey demonstrate jumping to urban heart together with soul centres together with to instruct inward accessible to everyone. The International Quarter side past times side to the Olympic Park is perfect.”
London Mayor Boris Johnson has already shown his back upward for the Olympic legacy result past times getting inward the saddle at the Olympic Park.
Balding latterly had privileged behind-the-scenes access to the Royal stables together with racehorses breeding programme inward the documentary nearly the Queen’s enduring passion for horses. The programme coincides amongst the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation.
Show jumping star John Whitaker, 1 of the most famous riders inward Britain, said: “I’m actually looking forrard to the London show. It is fantastic that the Global Tour is coming to Britain together with I can’t hold off to compete.”
Olympic squad aureate medallist Nick Skelton said: “Hopefully nosotros tin get got it every year. At the Olympics at that topographic point were people who had never been to a Equus caballus demonstrate earlier which is why it is skillful to get got an result similar this inward a city. I mean value it volition live on good received together with nosotros volition instruct some skillful crowds getting a endangerment to run into the world’s best riders.”
Fellow British passenger Michael Whitaker said: “It is going to live on actually skillful for the sport to get got the result inward London. We don’t get got also many international shows inward England, specially at that score together with hence I am actually looking forrard to it. The Olympics lifted the whole sport together with position it inward the populace eye. It volition live on 1 of my principal priorities together with it is fantastic prize money equally well, together with hence it is a rattling large incentive.”
Great Britain Olympic squad aureate medallist Scott Brash said: “I mean value it is swell to get got such a large demonstrate inward London. To get got a 5* Global Tour demonstrate inward London, specially on the dorsum of the Olympics, is actually good. I mean value it volition live on rattling good attended past times the public.”
British passenger Robert Smith, boy of famous British demonstrate jumper Harvey Smith, said: “It will be swell for GCT together with London. It is long overdue a large demonstrate similar that inward the city. England rattling much on a high afterwards the olympics i mean value they volition create rattling good amongst it.”
Leading German linguistic communication passenger Christian Ahlmann said: “It is a actually skillful feeling to live on having the Global Tour inward London. The Olympic Games inward London was the best I get got ridden together with it was actually large for our sport. It is a swell pace for the people at that topographic point together with for the riders that the Global Tour is going to London, it is a large Equus caballus sport country.”
Tickets for the result are yet available through www.globalchampionstour.com or past times calling +44 1933 304880. Tickets tin also live on bought on the twenty-four hours at the venue: The International Quarter, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London.
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