The German rider piloted the lightning-fast Messi to the win for the 'Iron Dames' and grabbed the €165,000 first prize money.

The winner took home a cool €111,276 and was congratulated by another Max, a master of a different sort of horsepower.

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

An elite international field of 37 competed for a chunk of the €327,000 purse, including Canada's Erynn Ballard.

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

The €375,000 Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix in Qatar saw rising star Harry Allen (IRL) and Calculatus narrowly edged.

GCT has unveiled this year's competition calendar which kicks off in Doha on Feb. 29th, with North American stops in Miami and Mexico City.

The Frenchman, aboard Dubai du Cedre, won the rich Longines Global Champions Tour finale at the GC Prague Playoffs.

The 2023 Longines Global Champions Tour battle was between Smolders, Maikel van der Vleuten and Henrik von Eckermann in Riyadh, KSA.

The 2023 Championship title has become a three-man race as the LGCT galloped into historic Circus Maximus in Rome.