The Longines Global Champions Tour kicked off in the grass arena over a course designed by Canada's Peter Grant.

Dutch rider scores victory in dressage, French and German riders top the 5* Jumping, and some images from here and there.

Eight teams will advance to Sunday's final competition in Barcelona; Canada is eliminated in the first round.

The Frenchman and the son of the great Hickstead won the 5* feature class at A Coruña in Casas Novas, Spain.

Ryan doesn’t know he’s a lot smaller than the rest; Delestre says “he’s such a fighter!” as the 16-year-old wins this class for the 2nd time.

The Canadian steered Chacco Kid to 4th place in the Du Grand Chesall during the Hubside Spring Tour in St. Tropez.

Despite four French riders contesting the jump-off out of the nine qualified, it was the Irishman Lynch with Cristello who topped the field in St. Tropez.

What better present for the organizer and the public of the 11th Longines Masters of Paris than a 100% French podium for the Longines Grand Prix?

French Olympian Simon Delestre is back as world number one, having leapt to the top of the Longines Rankings, the world Jumping rankings. The Frenchman took over the number one slot in March of this year from London 2012 Olympic team gold medalist Scott Brash, ending the Briton’s 11-month reign at the top of the leaderboard. […]

France’s Olympic athlete Simon Delestre has jumped to the top of the Longines Rankings, the world Jumping rankings, breaking the 11-month run of Great Britain’s Scott Brash, now world number two. Delestre, who competed at his first Olympic Games at London 2012 with Napoli Du Ry, scored individual bronze at the FEI European Jumping Championships […]