Posted: 4th September 2017 | Back to news feed
ROLEX GRAND PRIX FROM SPRUCE MEADOWS
LIVE ON HORSE & COUNTRY TV - 10 SEPTEMBER 2017
Horse & Country TV is excited to announce that it will be broadcasting the Rolex
Grand Prix at Spruce Meadows in Canada, LIVE in the UK, Ireland, Sweden and the
Netherlands on Sunday 10 September.
Spruce Meadows is one of the most prestigious equestrian venues in the world,
attracting the sport’s biggest names since 1976.
In September, it hosts the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’, which features the Rolex
Grand Prix. This is one of three legs in the Rolex Grand Slam, which is the toughest
competition in showjumping, offering the biggest prize money.
Any rider that can consecutively win the Rolex Grand Prix in Spruce Meadows,
Geneva and Aachen receives a €1m bonus.
Scott Brash is the only rider in history to have achieved such a feat in 2015, riding
the super talented Hello Sanctos.
Scott won the Rolex Grand Prix at Spruce Meadows in 2016, for the second year
running, Can he achieve another world first, with a hat trick of wins?
Grégory Wathelet is the current Grand Slam contender, following his victory in the
Rolex Grand Prix at CHIO Aachen in July. The Belgian rider celebrates his 37th
birthday on 10 September, so a win in Calgary would be the perfect present.
“Every rider dreams of winning the Rolex Grand Slam of Showjumping,” said
Grégory. “The Majors are the best and most difficult shows in our sport. You have to
compete against the strongest pairs in the world and I know that it will be very difficult
to also win in Calgary. But for me this is now perhaps a unique opportunity and I will
put all my energy into it.”
Other top names competing this year are world number one Kent Farrington (USA),
Ben Maher (UK), Henrick von Eckermann (Sweden), Maikel van der Vleuten (the
Netherlands), and Cian O’Connor (Ireland) – to name a few. Cian is definitely one to
watch, as he comes to Calgary off the back of his European team gold and individual
bronze medals.
Riders competing on home turf include Tiffany Foster, Ian Millar – who won the Rolex
Grand Prix in 2014 at the age of 68 – and Eric Lamaze, who won in 2011 and 2007.
Sports fans can watch all the action LIVE on H&C TV. The Rolex Grand Prix will
broadcast at 7pm on Sunday 10 September in the UK and Ireland, and 8pm in
Sweden and The Netherlands.
H&C TV is available on Sky channel 253 in the UK and Ireland, on cable and IPTV in
The Netherlands and Sweden, and online via H&C Play. To watch online, viewers
must visit this webpage: play.horseandcountry.tv/live/index/events.
H&C TV is now also available on Amazon Video. This is a new service, which allows
Prime members in Germany and the UK to subscribe to a great line-up of channels
including Discovery Channel and Eurosport Player.
Amazon Video is available via the existing Prime Video app to watch anytime,
anywhere through the Amazon Video app on smart TVs, iOs and Android mobile
devices, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, and Fire tablets and games consoles and
through the web at amazon.co.uk/video.
Viewers can subscribe to Amazon Video or H&C Play for just £3.99 per month.
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