GCT 2018: Cascais Premieres Saturday on Horse & Country TV

London, England – June 22, 2018 – The prestigious Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) officially hit the halfway mark of its 16-leg 2018 season in Cascais, Portugal, where the week’s top competition culminated with the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Cascais, Estoril CSI5* on Saturday, June 16.

Despite challenging weather conditions, Belgium’s Nicola Philippaerts flew to the top prize, besting a field of 32 of the world’s leading athletes, aboard H&M Harley VD Bisschop to move up to the fourth place position with 121 points in the overall rankings.

You can relive all of the exciting action on Horse & Country TV (H&C TV) with its hour-long highlights show, GCT 2018: Cascais, premiering Saturday, June 23, at 8 p.m. EST. Subscribe to H&C TV now at the button below and catch up on the entire GCT 2018 series here.

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Philippaerts followed in his father, Ludo’s, footsteps, who won the first LGCT Cascais grand prix in 2006, with his blazing fast round on H&M Harley VD Bisschop to secure the win as well as his place in the Longines Global Champions Super Grand Prix at the GC Prague playoffs in December.

With the battle for the championship title gathering pace, the top three positions in the LGCT overall rankings are unchanged following the eighth leg of the tour in Cascais. Australia’s Edwina Tops-Alexander remains the current leader with 172 points, while Great Britain’s Ben Maher is 29 points behind her on 143 points and his compatriot Scott Brash is third on 131 points.

In addition, an exclusive hour-long highlights show from the Luhmühlen Horse Trials will be featured on the main channel on Sunday, June 24, at 9:30 p.m. EST. This program will also be available on demand online after it has aired.

Available in the U.S. on Roku, mobile apps and at www.horseandcountry.tv.us, H&C TV is committed to bringing world-class live coverage of top equestrian sports from around the world to U.S. audiences as well as entertaining and insightful television programs featuring the sport’s most renowned athletes. Offering hundreds of shows focused on horses, equestrian sport and the country lifestyle, ranging from training tips and advice to behind-the-scenes looks into the daily lives of elite athletes, H&C TV has something for every horse lover to enjoy!

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