FOUR-time Olympic Gold medallist, Germany’s Ludger Beerbaum delighted his home crowd with a spectacular victory in the sell-out €300,000 1.60m Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Hamburg aboard his new horse Casello 2 in front of a sell-out crowd at the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Hamburg.

A delighted Ludger said: “It was a little bit like Leicester winning the Premier League! It was very special to win in Germany. I’m more than happy.”