LGCT 2015 at Valkenswaard brings top teams together

There is not only the European Dressage Championships in Holland taking centre stage but also the Longines Global Champions Tour in Valkenswaard.
The 12th leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour features the Team Competition over fences set at 1.55m / 1.60m in the grass arena in Valkenswaard.
Teams will ride under the names of the 2015 Tour calendar destinations in the two-round competition. The combined scores will be added up, and the top eight teams will go through to the next round to battle it out for the final positions in this dramatic and exciting format. Big names include  Rolf-Göran Bengtsson & Harrie Smolders competing together under the name of Team Madrid, Gregory Wathelet & Christian Ahlmann of Team Cascais, the all female team of Tiffany Foster and Luciana Diniz for Team Cannes, and Ludger Beerbaum and Kevin Staut for Team London.
The competition coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Tour circuit and the riders will be competing for €200,000 in prize money.
THE TEAMS
TEAM MADRID: Rolf – Goran Bengtsson (Unita Ask) e Harrie Smolders (Aiyetoro)
TEAM SHANGHAI: Leopold van Asten (VDL Groep Zagreb) e Carlos Lopez (Prince de la Mare)
TEAM ANTWERPEN: Patrice Delaveau (Carinjo HDC) e Sheikh Ali Bin Khalid Al Thani (Impreio Egipcio Milton)
TEAM VIENNA: Meredith Michaels Beerbaum (Apsara) e Doda de Miranda (AD Nouvelle Europe Z)
TEAM LONDON: Kevin Staut (Sunday Top HDC) e Ludger Beerbaum (For Sale)
TEAM MIAMI BEACH: Marc Houtzager (Sterrehof’s Voltaire) e LUCA MARIA MONETA (Neptune Brecourt)
TEAM ROME: Constant van Paesschen (Citizenguard Toscane de Sainte Hermelle) e EMANUELE MASSIMILIANO BIANCHI (Vadetta v.Mettenhof)
Complete list: http://eventcontent.hippoonline.de/1065/docs/Team.pdf
www.globalchampionstour.com
photo: Stefano Grasso / LGCT