Tickets for Saturday’s Grand Prix at the Longines Global Champions Tour – Jumping International de Monte-Carlo have sold out, though seats remain for the opening two days of action, with reduced-price tickets starting from €16.
The 20th edition of the event runs from 2nd to 4th July at Port Hercule, marking the ninth stop on the international circuit’s calendar. Thursday’s programme features the Global Champions League team event over two rounds, the first at 1.60m and serving as a qualifier for the Grand Prix, the second at 1.55m. Friday brings the Longines Pro Am Cup Monaco, a relay competition pairing amateur riders with international stars in aid of AMADE, the charity founded by Charlotte Casiraghi. The weekend culminates on Saturday evening with the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix du Prince de Monaco, the event’s marquee fixture.
A track built for home talent
For the first time in the competition’s history, Monaco will field several riders competing regularly at the highest level of international show jumping. Anastasia Nielsen, just 20 years old, already has two five-star Grand Prix wins to her name, in Rabat last October and more recently in Ramatuelle. The 2023 European junior champion competes for the all-female Cannes Stars team in the Global Champions League. Alongside her, 22-year-old Iñigo Lopez de la Osa Franco rides for Monaco both individually and with the Monaco Aces, training under Simon Delestre, who won the Grand Prix du Prince de Monaco in 2025. Ilaria Sutera and Marie-Eder Ferrero complete Monaco’s four-strong representation in this year’s five-star field.
National coach Philippe Rozier said the progress of the Principality’s young riders had been remarkable to watch. “It’s wonderful to see young riders who were just starting out when I took up my role with the Principality six years ago now competing with the best in the world,” he said.
Of Nielsen’s rise through the ranks, he added: “It’s an evolution that’s very rare for her age, but it isn’t down to chance. She’s a rider who works hard and gives herself every chance of reaching the top level.” He also pointed to Marie Ferrero, who finished fourth at last year’s European Junior Championships, and Sophie Aurélia George as riders to watch in the coming years, noting that around 40 riders take part in each national training session.
A new look for Port Hercule
This year’s competition has reshaped the Port Hercule site, with the track moved to the centre of the harbour and the layout reversed to create what organisers describe as a more immersive spectator experience. The move comes a month after Port Hercule hosted Formula 1 drivers for the Monaco Grand Prix, with the paddocks once again transformed, this time into stables and riding lanes. Founded in 1995 by Diane Fissore, the Jumping International de Monte-Carlo joined the Longines Global Champions Tour in 2006, the year the circuit was created by Jan Tops.
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