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Thanks to Oliwia Chmielewska we can provide you with some photos from the CSI4* show in Poznan, Poland. Here Emanuele Gaudiano and Cocoshynsky, who won the Middle Round Final. All photos by Oliwia Chmielewska. 

Laura Kraut will be competing in Cannes. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.The Longines Global Champions Tour will move on to Cannes, France next weekend and the top riders are lining up. Edwina Tops-Alexander, Steve Guerdat, Marcus Ehning, Rodrigo Pessoa, Christian Ahlmann, Marc Houtzager, Ludger Beerbaum, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Sergio Alvarez Moya, Kevin Staut, Penelope Leprevost, Ben Maher, Gerco Schröder, Laura Kraut, Richard Spooner, Michael Whitaker and Luciana Diniz will all be there competing for the money and the valuable GCT points.

Cashi found an old friend of mine out walking,happy 1st wedding anniversary to Faye today! #terriHere is the last part of Terri's tweets from London where she, Marco and Cash finished off in the best possible way - by winning the very last class. If you would like to take a look at all of Terri's tweets from London, please join us on Twitter and look for all tweets marked with #terri.

Thank you Terri!

Leslie Howard celebrates her win with Kevin Reinhart, CEO, Nexen Inc., and Mr. Fang Zhi, Executive Vice President, CNOOC. Photo © Spruce Meadows Media Services.The final day of the Spruce Meadows 'National' Tournament had two exciting competitions that featured speed and stamina. Leslie Howard (USA) and Lennox Lewis 2 took their second victory in the $175,000 Nexen Cup 1.60m Derby, equaling their 2011 finish. 

Since the course was re-designed by Leopoldo Palacios in 2007, there have only been three clear rounds in the history of the Nexen Cup Derby. Riders tackle the same course every year. Two of the clear rounds in the history of the class were tallied by Beezie Madden and Judgement, three-time winners of the competition. Pablo Barrios and G&C Sinatra were also clear in 2010. Last year's winners, Richard Spooner and Cristallo, had just one time fault.

Eric Lamaze and Wang Chung. Photo by Spruce Meadows Media Services.The $40,000 ATCO Structures & Logistics Cup 1.50m featured 21 entries going for speed over a faults converted format course. Going second to last, it was Eric Lamaze and Wang Chung M2S who would be able to take the lead with a time of 84.74 seconds. Three horses earlier, it was Reed Kessler (USA) and Ligist who set a time of 85.33 seconds, which would eventually finish second. Cameron Hanley (IRL) and Newton du Haut Bois were third with a time of 85.58 seconds.

Lamaze made the decision to watch most of the competition to see how he could be faster. Lamaze explained, "In these classes, it's so important to watch more than warm-up. In the class there are so many fences to jump, so I only jump six fences (in the warm-up). The best are at the end, so I glued myself to the TV for as long as I could to watch, watch, watch. I had my strategy. I knew I could do nine (strides) to the double vertical with him. He's very clever with that stuff."

Piergiorgio Bucci won in Poznan. Photo by Katarzyna Boryna.In Poznan the 4* Grand Prix went to Italy’s Piergiorgio Bucci on Casallo (Casall x Carthago Z). Bucci had the fastest of six double clear rounds in the class with the time of 35,84 seconds in the jump-off, leaving Abdullah Al Sharbatly to second on Henk van der Pol’s former rider Chesterfield with the time 36,44 seconds. Third was Holland’s Leon Thijssen on Tyson (Numero Uno x Voltaire), with a time of 36,67 seconds.

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Eva Bitter won the German Championship for ladies. On Saturday Eva Bitter and Perigueux won the German Championship for female riders. Sunday it was time for the German Championship open for both men and women, and it was Daniel Deusser and Cornet d'Amour that ended as the winners!

The Championship couldn't have been more exiting; on Saturday Eva Bitter and Katrin Eckermann met in an unbelievable jump-off for the gold medal and on Sunday it was Daniel Deusser, Carsten-Otto Nagel, Patrick Stühlmeyer and Rolf Moormann that rode for the medals in a jump-off.

Daniel Deusser won in Balve! Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Daniel Deusser and Stephex Stables' Domingo (Thunder van de Zuuthoeve x Brownboy) topped the Championat of Balve on Saturday. The Grand Prix class had 56 riders in it, and only seven cleared the first round. The time was causing problems for several of the riders and as many as nine riders ended the course with one time penalty.

Here's how the top three in yesterday's GCT Grand Prix in London celebrated their amazing performances. Photos by Hanne Christensen.

Global time! #terriBelow is a small selection of our guest tweeter Terri Fitton's tweets from Saturday. Terri is currently at the Global Champions Tour in London, and with her she has Marco Kutscher's stars Spartacus and Cash.

To follow Terri's tweets live, please log in to the WoSJ twitter account here and look for the tweets marked with #terri.

Olivier Philippaerts and Cooper vd Heffinck. Photo by Oliwia Chmielewska.Olivier Philippaerts and Cooper van der Heffinck ended on top in Saturday's big class at the CSI4* show in Poznan, Poland. Out of 66 starters, nine made it to the jump-off where Olivier was fastest with his time of 41,37 seconds. Second place went to the Mexican rider Santiago Lambre with Zeus du Buisson Z, who was almost two seconds behind Olivier. Two Dutch riders got hold on place three and four - Michel Hendrix with Wait and See and Leon Thijssen with Haertthago Z.

Kent Farrington in his winning presentation with Stacey Nestruck, Director of Marketing for CN. Photo © Spruce Meadows Media Services.The biggest prize money purse on offer at the 'National' Tournament was in today's $400,000 CN Reliability Grand Prix, CSI-W 5*, and it was Kent Farrington (USA) who took home the winner's share for the second year in a row with Uceko. Reed Kessler (USA) Cylana finished second, while Charlie Jacobs (USA) and Flaming Star were third. Earlier in the day, Ashlee Bond (USA) sped to victory in the $60,000 TransCanada Parcours de Chasse 1.45m with Cadett 7. In the All Canada Ring, Katie Dinan and Sandro won the $10,000 ConocoPhillips Junior/Amateur Cup 1.40m.

There were 36 entries in the grand prix, but only four were able to clear the first round course set by Werner Deeg of Germany. Fifth place went to Kirsten Coe (USA) and Baronez, who had two time faults.

Ashlee Bond and Cadett 7. Photo © Spruce Meadows Media Services.Ashlee Bond and her veteran partner Cadett 7, a 16-year-old Holsteiner gelding by Cor de la Bryere x Capitol I owned by Little Valley Farm, flew through the 16 numbered obstacles on today's course for the $60,000 TransCanada Parcours de Chasse 1.45m to take the top prize in 100.059 seconds. John Perez (COL) and Utopia set the early winning pace and finished second in 103.505 seconds. Third place went to Francois Mathy (BEL) on Elvis van de Vrunte in 103.962 seconds. There were 18 entries in today's competition over a faults converted track that included the derby bank and grob.

Today's competition was a perfect warm-up for Bond and Cadett 7, who will also take a shot at tomorrow's $175,000 Nexen Cup 1.60m Derby. On today's ride, Bond said, "It worked out. That is his forte. This is not as big as he normally jumps, so it was a little bit easier on him, which was kind of the idea. He could go in and have a not so tough day. He felt super and he was on it."

 World number one Christian Ahlmann and the stunning Taloubet Z ended third. All photos by Hanne Christensen.