Versilia Horse Show

7 - 10 May 2026
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Giulia Martinengo Marquet topped the Giorgio Armani Grand Prix, presented by Longines.

What a competition and what excitement!
There could not have been a better finale to the first Longines Versilia Horse Show, presented by Giorgio Armani. Giulia Martinengo Marquet won the most important class, the Giorgio Armani Grand Prix, presented by Longines.
Today’s Grand Prix was a truly thrilling contest, decided by the final strides of Captain Morgan Weering Z, the horse that partnered the Italian rider to her sensational victory.
Last to enter the arena in the jump-off, Giulia Martinengo Marquet (pictured below receiving her prize from Stefania Faracci, Marketing Manager at Longines Italy – photo: LVHSGA/S.Grasso), and her ten-year-old bay stopped the clock at 43.32 seconds — the absolute best time — to the jubilation of the huge crowd on the stands.

“I’m absolutely delighted – said Giulia Martinengo Marquet – to have won the first edition of the Longines Versilia Horse Show Jumping presented by Giorgio Armani with Captain Morgan Weering Z. My horse was truly amazing today. I’ve always known he was a champion – she added – and I’d like to thank his owner, Luigi Baleri. Captain Morgan achieved a fantastic double clear round, thereby confirming his status as one of the elite horses in my stable.”

A total of fifty pairs competed in the 1.55-metre competition, which had a prize purse of €165,000. Only eight horse and rider combinations were back in the arena after clearing the first round, and of those, only four managed to repeat their performance.
The first of these was France’s Aurélien Leroy, who opened the jump-off with Vendome d’Ick (0/0; 43.46) and kept the lead until Giulia Martinengo Marquet entered the arena for a nail-biting showdown.
Third place went to Belgium’s Celine Schoonbroodt-De Azevedo with Clinto T Z (0/0; 44.60), while fourth place went to Monaco’s Anastasia Nielsen with Franco 79 (0/0; 45.72), who also had clear rounds. Two of the most eagerly awaited pairs incurred four penalties each in the jump-off: Switzerland’s Martin Fuchs in fifth place with L&L Lorde, who had one fault at the final fence (0/4; 41.04), and the Netherlands’ Harrie Smolders in sixth place with Mr. Tac (0/4; 41.18). Emanuele Gaudiano and Chalou’s Love PS also incurred a fault, finishing seventh (0/4; 42.47), as did Nico Lupino, who finished eighth with Iniesta (0/4; 43.98).

The other classes

France secured a victory in the Original Parquet Prize, a CSI4* points class, thanks to a rider who is very fond of Italy and its major sporting events. Roger-Yves Bost, riding Ballerine du Vilpion, won with the maximum score of 65 points and the fastest time of 46.20 seconds among the 51 pairs competing.
‘Bostik’, as he is known in international showjumping circles, was over a second faster than Abdel Saïd of Belgium on Arpege du Ru (65 points; 47.38 seconds) and Douglas Lindelöw of Sweden on Cheldon (65 points; 47.71 seconds).
Just one hundredth of a second behind Lindelöw, Massimo Grossato took fourth place with Legend (65 points; 47.72 seconds).
The other victories of the day were all claimed by female riders, who were very much in the spotlight at the LVHSGA. The winners of the CSI1* categories were Sophia Mancin with Risk Taker van’t Meulenhof in the Comune di Camaiore prize, Oriane Jochaud Du Plessix of Switzerland with Desir du Rouet in the Selleria Equipe prize, and Annabel Frisch with Anatol Menjoulet in the opening category.