2009 Global Champions Tour

The 2009 Global Champions Tour was the fourth edition of the Global Champions Tour (GCT), an international show jumping competition series. The series was primarily held in Europe, with one event and the final taking place outside the continent. Each competition offered a minimum prize fund of €285,000. All GCT events were classified as CSI 5*.

The competitions were held between May 2 and August 23, 2009. The final took place in Doha, Qatar, from November 11 to 15, 2009.

The winner of the 2009 Global Champions Tour Final was Michel Robert of France, riding Kellemoi de Pepita.

All events were held as two-round competitions against the clock, with a jump-off against the clock if required.

The ranking of riders not qualifying for the jump-off was based on the number of penalties accumulated across both rounds, followed by the time recorded in the second round. Riders not qualifying for the second round were ranked according to their penalties and time in the first round, and were placed behind those who advanced to the second round.

• Dates: April 2–5, 2009 – Arezzo,  Italy
• Grand Prix: Saturday, April 4, 2009 – Start: 17:30, prize money: €285,000^[1]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
			Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Marco Kutscher	Cash	0	-	0	-	0	34.55	20
2	Michel Robert	Kellemoi de Pepita	0	-	0	-	0	35.04	18
3	Bernardo Alves	Chupa Chup	0	-	0	-	0	35.60	16

(Top 3 of 49 competitors)

• Dates: May 8–10, 2009 – Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia,  Spain
• Grand Prix: Saturday, May 9, 2009 – Start: 16:00, prize money: €285,000^[2]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
			Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)
1	John Whitaker	Peppermill	0	-	0	72.55			20
2	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Ninja	0	-	1	74.46			18
3	Edwina Alexander	Itot du Chateau	0	-	4	65.36			16

(Top 3 of 50 competitors)

• Dates: May 21–24, 2009 – Hamburg, as part of the German show jumping and dressage derby,  Germany
• Grand Prix: Saturday, May 23, 2009 – Start: 13:30, prize money: €285,000^[3]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
			Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Bernardo Alves	Chupa Chup	0	-	0	-	0	51.05	20
2	Carsten-Otto Nagel	Corradina	0	-	0	-	0	51.25	18
3	Roger-Yves Bost	Ideal de la Loge	0	-	0	-	0	52.08	16

(Top 3 of 48 competitors)

• Dates: June 11–13, 2009 – Cannes,  France
• Grand Prix: Saturday, June 13, 2009 – Start: 18:00, prize money: €285,000^[4]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
			Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Roger-Yves Bost	Ideal de la Loge	0	-	0	52.51			20
2	Daniel Deußer	Aboyeur W	0	-	1	54.87			18
3	Ben Maher	Robin Hood W	0	-	1	56.37			16

(Top 3 of 44 competitors)

• Dates: June 25–27, 2009 – Port Hercule marina, Monte Carlo,  Monaco
• Grand Prix: Saturday, June 27, 2009 – Start: 18:00, prize money: €285,000^[5]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
			Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Richard Spooner	Cristallo	0	-	0	-	0	35.46	20
2	Alvaro de Miranda Neto	Picolien Zeldenrust	0	-	0	-	0	36.85	18
3	Rodrigo Pessoa	Let's Fly	0	-	0	-	0	37.20	16

(Top 3 of 45 competitors)

• Dates: July 9–11, 2009 – Hipódromo Manuel Possolo, Cascais near Estoril,  Portugal
• Grand Prix: Saturday, July 11, 2009 – Start: 19:00, prize money: €400,000 (the highest prize fund for a show jumping Grand Prix in Europe)^[6]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
			Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Leopold van Asten	Santana B	0	-	0	-	0	44.06	20
2	Clarissa Crotta	West Side van Meerputhoeve	0	-	0	-	4	40.95	18
3	Luciana Diniz	As-Taro	0	-	0	-	8	44.97	16

(Top 3 of 45 competitors)

• Dates: July 31 – August 2, 2009 – Sociedade Hípica Brasileira, Rio de Janeiro (Athina Onassis International Horse Show),  Brazil
• Grand Prix: Saturday, August 1, 2009 – Start: 13:45, prize money: €285,000^[7]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
			Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Gianni Govoni	Joyau d'Opal	0	-	0	-	0	36.15	20
2	Eric Lamaze	Hickstead	0	-	0	-	0	36.51	18
3	Marco Kutscher	Cornet Obolensky	0	-	0	-	0	37.40	16

(Top 3 of 42 competitors)

• Dates: August 20–23, 2009 – Valkenswaard,  Netherlands
• Grand Prix: Saturday, August 22, 2009 – Start: 13:45, prize money: €285,000^[8]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
			Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Edwina Alexander	Itot du Chateau	0	-	0	-	0	35.49	20
2	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Shutterfly	0	-	0	-	0	35.81	18
3	Michel Robert	Kellemoi de Pepita	0	-	0	-	0	35.95	16

(Top 3 of 50 competitors)

	Rider	1st Competition	2nd Competition	3rd Competition	4th Competition	5th Competition	6th Competition	7th Competition	8th Competition	scoring points (Total)
1	Edwina Alexander	10	16	(0)	(0)	9	0	10	20	65
2	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	0	9	14	11	-	10	-	18	62
3	Patrick Mc Entee	4	10	11	12	12	12	-	(0)	61
4	Marco Kutscher	20	0	-	-	0	3	16	13	52
5	Michel Robert	18	15	-	-	-	-	-	16	49

(Top five. Six results counted for the final standing)^[9]

• Dates: November 11–14, 2009 – Doha,  Qatar

• Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009 – Start: 21:00
• Prize money: €50,000^[10]

	Rider	Horse	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Eric Lamaze	Hickstead	0	72.25
2	Bernardo Alves	Chupa Chup	0	73.13
3	Albert Zoer	Okidoki	0	75.63

(Top three of 25 competitors)

• Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009 – Start: 20:00
• Prize money: €900,000^[11]

	Rider	Horse			Jump-off
			Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Michel Robert	Kellemoi de Pepita	0	-	0	49.76
2	Jos Lansink	Valentina van't Heike	0	-	0	49.89
3	Alvaro de Miranda Neto	Picolien Zeldenrust	0	-	4	46.52
4	Ulrich Kirchhoff	Carino	0	-	4	46.91
5	Denis Lynch	All Inclusive NRW	1	88.92

(Top five of 18 competitors)