THE Longines Global Champions Tour has postponed the next three legs of the 2020 tour in Mexico City, Miami Beach and Shanghai due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

A statement said: "The Longines Global Champions Tour and GCL is re-scheduling the upcoming events in Mexico City, Miami Beach and Shanghai to new dates this year due to the evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

"We are working with the Alliance of Jumping Organisers (AJO) and the FEI (International Equestrian Federation) to find consensus about new dates this year for these upcoming events. The health and wellbeing of our fans, stakeholders and staff are of the utmost importance in these unprecedented times, which are impacting events worldwide.

"We look forward to updating all our fans as soon as possible about the new dates for this season, which kicked off with a spectacular opener in Doha last weekend, and to delivering another season of top show jumping," it added.

In another blow to the sport internationally, the Dutch Masters, due to host the Rolex Grand Prix on Sunday, has been cancelled.

At home, many equestrian events have been postponed and cancelled in recent hours.

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