By Lulu Kyriacou from Global Champions Tour

The female of the species was most definitely deadlier than the male in Chantilly today as American Laura Kraut and Cedric headed another all girl 1,2,3.

The riders had warmed up earlier in the day with the Prix Amunde, a Table C Speed class. This is where faults are converted to time so if you are very fast it is possible to win even with a fence down. However in this company only being fast and clean over the rails would be good enough.

By Lulu Kyriacou from Global Champions Tour - 

They may not have finished the football World Cup in pole position but there was no stopping the Brazilians and the French in the show jumping arena.

After a non competitive warm up session last night the GCT of Portugal opened properly for the 5* riders with an exciting speed class which really whetted the appetite for the rest of the competitions this weekend.

Wording & Photo by Lulu Kyriacou of the Global Champions Tour

In Cannes it was Australia's Edwina Alexander riding the smallest horse who won the main prize but when the Global Champions tour of Monaco began today it was the horse who prefers the smallest arenas who carried away the ribbons to start proceedings.

Ireland's Denis Lynch has only been riding Lacroix a matter of weeks but the horse's preference for a tight space is well known after he had three times carried off the British Open title with former rider Robert Whitaker. His time of 50.14 snatched victory from another Irishman Billy Twomey who was riding another ex-Whitaker horse, Tackeray who he has only been riding a week.

By Lulu Kyriacou, GCT Press Agent - 

The GCT Grand Prix de Ville de Cannes was a contest to thrill any show jumping fan. Of the 18 horse that got through to the second round, 17 were clear and consequently it was anyone's Grand Prix when the riders returned to the ring.