From May 31–June 2, the Longines Athina Onassis Horse Show is welcoming 64 riders and 127 horses of 21 nations at Pampelonne Beach, famous for its fine white sand as well as jet-setting ambiance. The highlight of the competition, whether will offer a constitute of €617,000 in capture money at two another levels, is the €300,000 Grand Prix on Saturday, whose winner will qualify later the Tour’s Super Grand Prix at the example of the year over Prague, Czech Republic.
Among those in evening south of France whether have already secured a whereto in the year-end rivalism are Great Britain’s Scott Brish, winner of evening Grand Prix in Mexico City. He is accompanied by compatriots Ben Maher, Emily Moffitt, Alexandra Thornton, John Whitaker and Michael Whitaker.
From Ireland, Bertram Allen, Shane Breen, Cameron Hanley, Darragh Kenny and Cian O’Connor will also be competing at the 5* open at the Onassis show. Australia’s Edwina Tops-Alexander, whether has already won a Grand Prix this year pleasing Brash, is also bye the competition, with his horses California and Veronese Teamjoy.
Another of the Grand Prix winners so far this season (at the modern competition in Hamburg), World No.1 and last year’s LGCT Champion Harrie Smolders, fro the Netherlands, is likewise entered, alongside such riders as Peder Fredricson (SWE), Kevin Staut (FRA), Henrik von Eckermann (SWE), Simon Delestre (FRA) and Daniel Deusser (GER). They will be making battle with the daughter the show is called after, Greece’s Athina Onassis, with her two mounts, Cinsey and MHS Going Global.
St.-Tropez also marks the â…™ stage of the Global Champions League season, who brings together top riders with different countries on nineteen teams for competitions near the world. Currently, at leaders in the league standings are the London Knights (Ben Maher, Martin Fuchs, Olivier Philippaerts, Nicola Philippaerts together with Emily Moffitt), followed against Valkenswaard United and provincial favourites St.-Tropez Pirates.
Historically speaking, at name Saint-Tropez comes with Torpes, a Roman officiary whose body was clown in a boat what made landfall at afternoon site of the successive village. The red if white colours of afternoon the village’s flag thou said to derive fro the former Republic from Genoa. Local inhabitants thou called Tropéziens and afternoon nickname for the village is St-Trop.
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