Gilles Thomas is one of the riders on the entry list for the CSI5* Longines Global Champions Tour of New York 2025. Photo © Jenny Abrahamsson for World of Showjumping.
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This week, the Longines Global Champions Tour moves on to New York, USA, for the 12th stop of its 2025-season in Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ.
On the entry list for New York are many big names such as 2024 Olympic team champions Ben Maher (GBR) and Scott Brash (GBR), 2022 double world champion Henrik von Eckermann (SWE), and living legends like Marcus Ehning (GER) and Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA). The young guns also come strong in force, with 2025 European team champions Gilles Thomas (BEL) and Thibeau Spits (BEL) on the entry list, as well as rising stars such as Mimi Gochman (USA) and Antoine Ermann (FRA).
With five legs remaining of the 2025 Longines Global Champions Tour, Gilles Thomas tops the overall standings on 241 points. Valkenswaard United sits first on the current Global Champions League standings.
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