Stars Shine in the City of Lights taking pole position in GCL Showdown

Playing out against the breathtaking backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, today marked the 6th round of action in the nail-biting 2021 GCL Championship. The Cannes Stars team of Sameh El Dahan and Sven Schlusselburg punched the air as they claimed pole position in GCL Round 1 Presented by Hubside Store.
The only other double clear of the day came from St Tropez Pirates squad of Dani G. Waldman and home rider Olivier Robert. While the third place was scooped up by the Prague Lions on a lightning-fast four faults from Sergio Alvarez Moya and clear from Leopold van Asten laying the foundations for an explosive conclusion in the French capital.
Spectators were delighted to be able to watch top-level show jumping with the world’s top riders and horses performing in the spectacular arena in the shadow of the world-famous Eiffel Tower.
Ecstatic Cannes Stars rider, Sven Schlusselburg said: “I am so happy right now, I cannot believe it, it feels amazing. We need to make a plan for tomorrow, but we want to win and we want to fight for it.”
Teammate Sameh El Dahan agreed “I love this show, it is beautiful here under the Eiffel Tower. The team atmosphere is great, everyone helps and is part of it making us push that little bit harder. The crowd is always behind you and I love that when you go into the ring, when the crowd is cheering for you it makes you fight a bit harder.”
1° Cannes Stars (0-0)
It was a fast and furious round from Sameh El Dahan and WKD Aimez Moi as they took it all in their stride. Luck was on their side as they rolled the combination, but it stayed up and they finished clear in a super quick time easing the time pressure on Sven Schlüsselburg and the homebred Bud Spencer. Making it look easy Sven cruised the grey gelding home to keep the team on a clean sheet
2° St Tropez Pirates (0-0)
After a slow start to the season, the St Tropez Pirates brought out the experienced pair of Dani G. Waldman and Queensland E. The duo delivered, finishing clear and in a relatively fast time before handing the reins over to Olivier Robert on Vivaldi des Meneaux. The talented combination gave it everything they could, working hard the whole way round they crossed the finish line with a clean sheet to be the first team to produce a double clear and pile the pressure on the rest of the field.
3° Prague Lions (4-0)
The Lions set the pace from the word go as Sergio Alvarez Moya flew with ease round the 1.55m track on Kardenta van ‘t Meerhof. The combination were lightning fast with just 4 faults to add to the scoreboard before Leopold van Asten VDL took center stage on Groep Elegant Hero Z. Seeing that Sergio’s risk didn’t pay off, Leopold brought the pace down a touch to produce a smooth clear and help the Prague Lions claim third place going into round 2.
FULL RESULTS HERE

Press release GCL