Álvaro Arrieta Konyay, CEO Oxer Sport: “First of all, I want to congratulate Bosty for his fantastic performance. And to the other top riders who are on this table - this is like a dream! Here there are four of the best riders in the world, and here we are in Mexico. We started working two years ago - thanks to the confidence and the trust of my friend Jan. The team of my company, of Oxer Sport, the Pasquel family, all of us we have done our best to get this amazing event. We have great pride in the excellent, excellent assistance of the public this Saturday - today we’ve seen fantastic sport here, thanks to the course designer who is part of this magic moment. Thank you to Mexico, to the Secretary of Tourism, as well as the Director of Longines. In Mexico they have supported this fantastic Grand Prix. Thank you.”
Jan Tops, Longines Global Champions Tour Founder and President: “If you’d wanted to write the perfect script a week ago, you would end up with what you are seeing here in the last couple of days. Not only was it perfect organisation and with great riders, the public here were unique - they are very warm, they know about the sport, and they really appreciate the riders and the performance. This makes it a special place. I would like to thank our partner Oxer who we’ve known for many years, and have a lot of trust in each other. Also the Pasquel family, it was a great partnership. Also thanks to the Mexican Government who are behind us. Without these people we couldn’t have had a weekend like this. The winner was the sport - it was a great finish thanks to the course builder again, and I’d like to thank all the stakeholders who make this happen.”
Christian Ahlmann (GER), LGCT Ranking leader: “I’m really happy with my first two shows, Epleaser did a very very good job; one time on the small sand ring the other week, and then on this big grass field. He’s showing everyone how special he is. Especially the first round, it was a real, real proper Grand Prix. For the second time outside in this big ring, it was hard work - I had an unlucky rail in the jump-off, but in general I’m very happy with my horse. I’m really happy with the show, as Jan said it’s organised very well, especially with the public - it’s really a lot of fun for all of us to ride in.
“I’m really looking forward to the next shows. It was a good start, but we have to keep concentrating to keep this [ranking leader armband].”
Roger-Yves Bost (FRA), gold medallist: “I’ve won two Global Grands Prix with the father of this horse, one in the final of Abu Dhabi, so to win with the son is a very good feeling. The show is so good - my horse felt very good in the class. When I jumped yesterday I felt I had a good chance to win - today is my day! For the first time to jump here, this place is amazing.”
Jos Verlooy (BEL), silver medallist: “Every show [my horse] is going better and better. I built him up in the winter, we’re going up together and he’s going faster than I thought. I am very pleased with how he went this weekend. Miami was also super and gave me a good feeling for this week.”
Bertram Allen (IRL), bronze medallist: “Bosty had a really good round, he was fast. I knew it was going to be difficult for me to beat that - my horse has only done three 5* Grands Prix so I gave it a bit of a go, and had a bit of an unlucky fence down, but I’m delighted to be sitting here.”