Knokke Hippique is proud to once again welcome the world’s very best riders to its five-star event, that runs from July 6-9, 2017.
Out of the current Top 10 on the world ranking comes Daniel Deusser (GER, world rank no. 2), Lorenzo De Luca (ITA, world rank no. 4), Christian Ahlmann (GER, world rank no. 6) and Kevin Staut (FRA, world rank no. 8). Staut gets company from his gold medal winning team mates from the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, with Penelope Leprevost (FRA, world rank no. 22) and Philippe Rozier (FRA, world rank no. 85) both among the competitors for the 2017 edition of Knokke Hippique.
Other big names include living legends John and Michael Whitaker (GBR, world rank no. 39 and 104 respectively) as well as Ludger Beerbaum (GER, world rank no. 15), three of the most merited riders in the world. The USA sends their leading lady riders with Laura Kraut (world rank no. 16), Lauren Hough (world rank no. 33) and Lucy Davis (world rank no. 130) all entered for the event alongside young talents such as Eve Jobs and Jennifer Gates.
Among the Belgian riders on the entry list are 2016 Olympic participants Jerome Guery (world rank no. 27) and Nicola Philippaerts (world rank no. 25), as well as 2016 European Champion (team) for junior riders Zoe Conter. Other big Belgian names include Niels Bruynseels (world rank no. 12), Gregory Wathelet (world rank no. 19), Olivier Philippaerts (world rank no. 32) and Pieter Devos (world rank no. 34).
Together with Rolex, BMW, Ghelamco and Knokke-Heist, Knokke Hippique is proud to present a total of 22 Longines Ranking classes over the three weeks of competition on the circuit.
For the five-star event this coming weekend, BMW will offer a BMW M4 to the winner of the CSI5* Grand Prix presented by Rolex, a BMW 1 Serie to the winner of the Top Series Grand Prix as well as a BMW X1 to the winner of Friday’s CSI5* Grand Prix qualifier.
A Golf Car presented by GARIA is also up for grabs, as is a STX 2 Horse Truck for one year at a lease value of 19.788,40 Euro for the ‘Leading Rider’ in the CSI3* over the three weeks of Knokke Hippique. On top comes a total of 810.000 Euro in prize money during Knokke Hippique and 525.000 Euro during the Knokke Hippique Summer Circuit.
International Riders List:
Belgium
BRUYNSEELS, Niels
ANGEL VAN T HOF
CAS DE LIBERTE
GANCIA DE MUZE
CONTER, Zoe
IRENICE HORTA
SOORY DE L’HALLALI
ZETA DI SABUCI
DEVOS, Pieter
DREAM OF INDIA GREENFIELD
ESPOIR
HALOUBET HITCHCOCK
GUERY, Jérôme
ALICANTE
PAPILLON Z
HAELTERMAN, Damien
HOOLIGAN DE LAUBRY
IMANDRA DE LAUBRY
MATHY, Francois Jr
CASANOVA DE L’ HERSE
FALCO VAN DE CLEHOEVE
UNO DE LA ROQUE
PATTEET, Gudrun
SEA COAST B52 F Z
SEA COAST FERLY
SEA COAST PEBBLES Z
PHILIPPAERTS, Nicola
CHILLI WILLI
H&M ZILVERSTAR T
USTINA SITTE
PHILIPPAERTS, Olivier
H&M FOREVER D ARCO TER LINDEN
H&M LEGEND OF LOVE
IKKER
VAN PAESSCHEN, Constant
CARLOW VAN DE HELLE
CAVALLA
COMPADRE VAN DE HELLE
VERLOOY, Jos
APOLLONIA 23
VERMEIR, Wilm
GENTIANE DE LA POMME
HACIENDA D’EVERSEM
IQ VAN HET STEENTJE
WATHELET, Gregory
IRON MAN VAN DE PADENBORRE
Colombia
ARROYAVE, Dayro
INFINITY
UCIANO DE LA BOTTE
UPPERCUT LIBELLULE
Czech Republic
AUGIER DE MOUSSAC, Emma
DOMINO VAN DE VALHOEVE
KANONJA
DIVA
Egypt
ELZOGHBY, Karim
AMELIA
CAVEMAN DH Z
MADINAH
France
CHERONNET, Aldrick
ATLANTYS BY WISBECQ (E.T)
TANAEL DES BONNES
URIS DE LA ROQUE
HECART, Marie
CENWOOD DELLE LAME
TOUNDRA DE LA ROQUE
UPSILONE DE LA ROQUE
LEPREVOST, Penelope
FLORA DE MARIPOSA
RATINA D’LA ROUSSERIE
VAGABOND DE LA POMME
ROZIER, Philippe
AMERIGO
REVEUR DE KERGANE
UNPULSION DE LA HART
STAUT, Kevin
AYADE DE SEPTON ET HDC
FOR JOY VAN’T ZORGVLIET HDC
SILVER DEUX DE VIRTON H D C
Germany
AHLMANN, Christian
CODEX ONE
COLORIT
FIXDESIGN FUNKE VAN ‘T HEIKE
BEERBAUM, Ludger
CHACON 2
CHIARA 222
DEUSSER, Daniel
CLINTOP 2
SWEET DE BEAUFOUR
SX HIDALGO VG
MARSCHALL, Marcel
FENIA VAN KLAPSCHEUT
UNDERCONTRACT
UTOPIA 48
Great Britain
WHITAKER, John
CASSINIS CHAPLIN
CRUMLEY
TALISMAN DE MAZURE
WHITAKER, Michael
CALISTO BLUE
GENTLEMEN VH VELDHOF
VALMY DE LA LANDE
WHITAKER, William
FANDANGO
ILUSIONATA VAN’T MEULENHOF
UTAMARO D ECAUSSINES
Ireland
KENNY, Darragh
CATUSO
CHAKITO
TEAM DE COQUERIE
Italy
BUCCI, Piergiorgio
CASALLO Z
DRIANDRIA
LORENZO
DE LUCA, Lorenzo
BALOU DE COEUR JOYE
ENSOR DE LITRANGE LXII
HALIFAX VAN HET KLUIZEBOS
Netherlands
HOUTZAGER, Marc
STERREHOF’S BACCARAT
STERREHOF’S BYLOU
STERREHOF’S CALIMERO
NOOREN, Lisa
ILUSIE Q
VDL GROEP CENTORA DE WALLYRO
VDL GROEP SABECH D’HA
Poland SKRZYCZYNSKI, Jaroslaw
CHACCLANA
CRAZY QUICK
QUINTELLA
Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)
BAHAMDAN, Kamal Abdullah
DELPHI
LACASINO
Spain
ALVAREZ AZNAR, Eduardo
ROKFELLER DE PLEVILLE BOIS MARGOT
UQUALIN DU SAULCY
DARK LADY DU VAL DU GEER
FERNANDEZ SARO, Manuel
CUIDAM
SANTIAGO DE BLONDEL
U WATCH
Sweden ANDERSSON, Petronella
ECLATANT
ENTRE NOUS
IVOOR VAN T PARADIJS
BARYARD-JOHNSSON, Malin
H&M CUE CHANNA 42
H&M SECOND CHANCE
EKBERG, Jonna
CASSINI BAY
HIS BLACK DIAMOND VT ARKE
TENOR DU GUE
Switzerland
DUGUET, Romain
SHERAZADE DU GEVAUDAN
TIPSY DU TERRAL
TWENTYTWO DES BICHES
United States of America
DAVIS, Lucy
CARACHO 14
CASSIS 54
CHECK PICOBELLO Z
HOUGH, Lauren
CORNET 39
DEXTER
JAPPELOUP
KRAUT, Laura
CAVALIA
DEAUVILLE S
WHITNEY
TYREE, Catherine Nicole
BOKAI
CATUNGEE
ENJOY LOUIS