"...the previous winners of this class have been my heroes for my whole career and I can’t believe I have joined them as a winner. The hospitality for my first ever international trip with the horses has been amazing and to win this class at a show like this in Riyadh is just incredible. I am very emotional and it will take a while for this to sink in.”

“It was already an amazing achievement to just ride in this calibre class. Actually, I didn’t really expect it to win an LGCT Grand Prix this year and as soon as I won in Shanghai, I was fully focused on this class. The Playoffs is an amazing event and tonight was something special to be part of.” adds runner-up, Gilles Thomas!
 
He went on to add: “In the first round, the way Ermitage was jumping I felt I could take some risk. For the second round, my original plan was to ride a good clear round but he felt so good and it's not every year you can ride the Longines Global Champions Tour Super Grand Prix so I thought we had to give it a go. I must thank my Valkenswaard United teammate Marcus Ehning today because during the whole class he helped me a lot. He pushed me a bit to go beyond my limits. I think with my round I put some pressure on the others. But in the end, Victor was so fast, he was unbelievable today.”