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he Global Champions Tour (GCT) is an annual show jumping series that comprises 14 rounds of competition hosted around the world. It brings together the top 30 riders in the FEI Jumping World Rankings. It was founded in 2006 by the Olympic gold medalist Jan Tops. This year the show takes place from 8th-10th of June.
The Longines Global Champions Tour of Cannes event is a remarkable combination of glamour and top-class sport. The original ‘International Show Jumping of Cannes’ was one of the world’s richest horse shows, with prize money continuing to increase since the show joined the Tour. Points won by competitors who are tied are added together and then divided equally. Fifty percent of the rider’s best results count towards their overall LGCT ranking classification, thus with 14 events in 2014, seven of the riders best results count towards their overall ranking and any additional weakest scores are dropped.
Now a regular fixture on the LGCT calendar, the show has grown every year and welcomes over 15,000 visitors through its gates each summer. Drawn by the incredible level of sport on offer and the collection of international show jumping stars in attendance, visitors enjoy the ambiance, glamour and nightlife of this famous city and home of course to the dazzling Cannes Film Festival. It is definitely the most glamorous Jumping of the circuit: in the heart of the city of the famous film festival, just a step from the Croisette and the Mediterranean, the jumping of Cannes, French stage of the very prestigious “Longines Global Champions Tour” Is still a major sporting event.
