A Doha Falcons rider in action during the Global Champions League Stockholm event.
Doha: Doha Falcons triumphed for the second week in a row securing the Global Champions League (GCL) win in Stockholm yesterday after Paris.
Jerome Guery, Simon Delestre and Julien Anquetin in round one emerged victorious with Quel Homme de Hus, Dexter Fontenis Z and Z Ice Cube Z in front of an electric crowd.
Last year’s overall GCL season Champions Riesenbeck International powered by Kingsland picked up another big points haul after a rocky first part of the season with Christian Kukuk on Nice van’t Zorgvliet, Philipp Weishaupt with Zineday and Harry Allen onboard Lukaku vd Bisschop as the only other team on just four faults but 7 seconds slower to take second place.
Much to the Swedish crowds delight, Scandinavian Vikings secured their first podium of the year as Henrik von Eckerman on King Edward, Nicola Pohl with Catz de Sulpice and Evelina Tovek riding Moeboetoe v/d Roshoeve stepped up to the plate in third.
Winning rider Simon Delestre, said, “We really focus for the team [overall] ranking, we are in third now, sometimes we have a bit of bad luck, but we fight for it today.”
And fight they did. Taking the win for the second week running, the on form riders Guery, Delestre and Anquetin put the pressure on and came out on top.
With some movement on the Championship Standings for the Scandinavian Vikings, a long awaited podium finish finally arrived.
Podium veterans Riesenbeck International powered by Kingsland Equestrian finished in a well deserved second place, ultimately finishing 7 seconds ahead of third. The fourth podium for the 2024 season. Christian Kukuk spoke of the team’s reignited championship hope.
