(CNN) Local star Eduardo Alvarez Aznar will be hoping to strike Spanish gold when the fifth round of the Longines Global Champions Tour takes place in Madrid this weekend.

The home rider took bronze in 2016 and claimed silver last year and is hoping his star horse Rokfeller de Pleville Bois Margot can help land a first win in showjumping's premier global circuit.

He will be roared on by thousands of Spanish fans at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid but he will be pushed hard by Germany's Daniel Deusser, who is ranked third in the LGCT standings.

Dutchman Harrie Smolders, who is 11 points behind Deusser, will also be in action on two of his top horses in Don VHP Z and the speedy Zinius.