MONACO, July 1 /PRNewswire/ --     HSH Prince Albert II attended the third event of the Global Champions
Tour, presented by CN WorldWide and CN, staged at the beautiful Monte Carlo
harbour.

Under his watchful eye, 36 combinations started in the 'Grand Prix du
Prince Albert II de Monaco'. The best 18 combination came back for the second
round, among which were 10 combinations with a clear first round and 8 with
just 4 faults. Among the clear combinations were the numbers two and three
from the previous GCT event in Cannes, Jessica Kurten (IRL) and Jos Lansink
(BEL).

In round two six combinations were double clear and advanced to the jump
off. Jos Lansink was first to go on Al Kaheel Cavalor Cumano and had another
clear round. Michael Whitaker (GBR) repeated that result with Insul Tech
Mozart des Hayettes but was nearly a second faster. This set the pace as each
consecutive rider was faster then the one before. Tonight's GCT Grand Prix
was great sport to watch not only for the many spectators present but also
for the live audience of Eurosport. Robert Whitaker beat his uncles time by a
fraction. Jessica Kurten and Castle Forbes Libertina were the last
combination to go. Jessica: "I saw Michael and I heard Jeroen was faster so
we had to go for it. Libby is naturally fast and headstrong but tonight she
was calm and so concentrated .She is truly a once in a lifetime horse".

"Monaco is such a wonderful show. It is only the second year but has
improved so much that it already is a highlight of the year. The stabling is
perfect, the footing as well and the city is amazing. Monaco has so much
charisma everybody should come here and experience. I also think the live
broadcast of Eurosport has done the GCT Monaco and Monaco itself proud. We
are not quite at the level of the Formula I but we will certainly get there
in the future. It is a top show"

Asked what her plans with Libertina are after these two amazing GCT
successes Jessica said: "I am going to do La Coruna and Balve. I would like
to do the GCT events of Estoril and Sao Paulo but I think the Irish team
needs her for the European Championships".

Second placed Jeroen Dubbeldam just said "Super, super, super," when
asked for a reaction. Jeroen: "And I mean super in all aspects. Not just the
sport but everything around it as well. I also would have said this if I
would not have been second today!" His son Rick Dubbeldam was more interested
in finances since his first question to his dad was, "How many Euros have you
won?" Winner Jessica Kurten took home 100.000,00 Euros. Jeroen Dubbeldam and
BMC Nassau 60.000 and Robert Whitaker earned 40.000 with his third place on
Lacroix9.

For more results and information about the Global Champions Tour please
visit www.globalchampionstour.com

Further information: www.cnworldwide.com, www.cn.ca and www.eurosport.com