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Good start of the indoor season in Liège
It is colder, stormy and wet outside. The action moves to the indoor-scene. Gilles Thomas and several Nieuwenhof horses have already jumped the first indoor competition of autumn 2025. Saladin “S”? ...
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Gilles Thomas wins Longines Global Champions Tour and breaks records
n Rome, Gilles Thomas jumped to another top ranking in the 5* GP of the Longines Global Champions Tour with the nine-year-old Qualista DN. They finished in a very respectable second place behind ...
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It's a Qalista world and we get to live in it!
Add top talent to top talent and you get top performance. Gilles Thomas won his second Global Champions Tour Grand Prix with the nine-year-old (!) Qalista DN (Emerald x Landetto) a few weeks ago in ...
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Gilles Thomas and Qiara De Kalvarie are Belgian vice-champions
After winning with Ermitage Kalone in 2023 and Luna van het Dennehof in 2024, Gilles Thomas came close to winning another Belgian Senior Championship title. Riding Qiara De Kalvarie, daughter of Sea ...
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Gilles Thomas wins the New York Grand Prix
Gilles Thomas put in a very impressive performance against the backdrop of the New York skyline with the nine-year-old (!) Qalista DN, bred by Wim De Nul from Stekene. Gilles and Qalista DN won the* ...
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Looking back on the Brussels Stephex Masters
Gilles Thomas competed 16 times at the Brussels Stephex Masters. Nine times a “0” appeared on the scoreboard. With his clear round on Friday in the first round of the Nations Cup, Ermitage Kalone and ...
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Gilles Thomas leads both the Global Champions League and Global Champions Tour rankings
After Valkenswaard, Gilles Thomas is at the top of the Global Champions League and Global Champions Tour rankings. It is extremely rare for the same rider to lead both rankings.
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Luna van het Dennehof and Qalista DN strong in London
I'm going to London and I'm taking with me: Luna van het Dennehof and Qalista DN. That must have been what Gilles Thomas thought when he made his plans for the Longines Global Champions Tour / League ...
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Feromas van Beek Z and Chuck Marienshof Z win in Valkenswaard
Gilles Thomas jumped in Valkenswaard last weekend. Gilles took Feromas van Beek Z, Saladin “S”, Qiara De Kalvari, Lavanoche T&L Z and Chuck Marienshof Z to the Netherlands.
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Gilles Thomas and Ermitage Kalone ride to bronze at European Championships
Gilles and Ermitage Kalone are a “golden duo”. They proved this once again in La Coruna. After winning Belgian team gold on friday, they also brought home individual bronze on Sunday. They started in ...
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La Coruña - Gilles Thomas and Ermitage Kalone become European Champions with the Belgian team
The Belgian show jumping team is European Champion. Gilles and Ermitage were the last combination to enter the arena for Belgium and, just like in the previous rounds, they remained faultless. In the ...
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Gilles Thomas and Valkenswaard United win GCL competition in Monte Carlo
Another successful trip for Gilles Thomas in the Longines GCT/GCL. In Monte Carlo, Gilles and Lorenzo de Luca jumped to first place in the Global Champions League for the Valkenswaard United team.
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Gilles Thomas and Ermitage Kalone win the GCT Grand Prix of Paris
Seven combinations qualified for the jump-off of the GCT GP of Paris in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. In that jump-off, Ermitage and Gilles showed that they can now also go very fast in a jump ...
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Qalista DN makes strong debut at 1.60m level
Qalista DN and Gilles Thomas jumped at a particularly high level last weekend and showed that they are more than capable of performing at this level. The breeding product of Wim De Nul, a daughter of ...
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CSIO5* La Baule 2025
A weekend of mixed feelings. That's the perfect summary of CSIO5* La Baule 2025. On Thursday, Gilles jumped to seventh place in the 1.45m class with Chuck Marienshof Z. The grey son of Colestus out ...
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Chuck Marienshof Z wins in Kronenberg
Gilles Thomas loaded three horses on the lorry for a trip to Hippisch Centrum Kronenberg in the Netherlands in search of experience and competition rhythm. Chuck Marienshof Z, Qiara De Kalvarie and ...
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Another exceptional weekend for Gilles Thomas and the Nieuwenhof horses
Another exceptional weekend for Gilles Thomas and the Nieuwenhof horses. On Friday evening, Gilles and his teammate Marcus Ehning from ‘Valkenswaard United’ won the Global Champions League. Both Luna ...
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The stallions Saladin ‘S’ and Feromas van Beek Z make their mark
Exceptional performances by the stud stallions Saladin ‘S’ and Feromas van Beek Z in Le Touquet, France! Saladin ‘S’. The beautiful bay stallion by Ducati van Schuttershof out of the Cash mare T ...
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Luna van het Dennehof and Elfra van Beek Z in top form in Shanghai
What an exceptionally strong competition for Gilles Thomas and his two horses Luna van het Dennehof and Elfra van Beek Z in Shanghai. With Luna van het Dennehof, bred by Marc Van Dyck & Patrick De ...
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Ermitage jumps straight onto the podium in his first outdoor competition of the season
In his first outdoor competition of 2025, Ermitage Kalone, jumped to third place in the GP of Fontainebleau. Eleven combinations jumped into the jump-off. Five combinations, including Gilles Thomas ...
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Busy weeks for Gilles Thomas
At the end of March and the beginning of April, Gilles Thomas was in Mexico City with Elfra van Beek and Luna van het Dennehof. Luna jumped to second place in a 1.50m class. Elfra van Beek took ...
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Strong performances by Qalista DN and Ermitage Kalone in Paris
With a view of the Eiffel Tower, the past weekend saw jumping at the very highest level and Gilles Thomas and his horses also performed at a particularly high level. On Friday, Gilles won a 1.50m ...
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Lavanoche T&L Z and Gilles Thomas win the 1.50m class at the Dutch Masters in ‘s Hertogenbosch
Gilles Thomas stepped out the Brabanthallen in ‘s Hertogenbosch with a good feeling. Together with Lavanoche T&L Z, Gilles won the 1.50m class on Sunday. In the afternoon, in the Rolex GP, Ermitage ...
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Saladin ‘S’ jumps to third place in the final of the Equilannoo Belgian Stallion Competition
A strong performance by Gilles Thomas with the seven-year-old stallion Saladin ‘S’ in the final of the Equilannoo Belgian Stallion Competition. After his victory in a 1.40m class in mid-February in ...
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Successful week for Gilles Thomas and Stal Nieuwenhof in Vejer de la Frontera
The final week of the Sunshine Tour on Spanish soil in Vejer de la Frontera resulted in a first and second place for Gilles Thomas in the same 1.50m class on Saturday, Gilles won the class, riding ...
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