The awards honoured the riders, horses, and teams whose excellence defined the Global Champions League season.

The podium battle went down to the wire in Riyahd, with the Belgian rider piloting the great stallion Ermitage Kalone.

In a seven-horse jump-off, Thomas and Luna van het Dennehof rocketed home to edge Edwina Tops-Alexander and Michael Duffy.

Gilles Thomas takes his first 5* Grand Prix title with the prestigious George V Gold Cup ‒ also the first for a Belgian rider since 1931.