Gregory Wathelet won the Rolex Grand Prix for the second time at the 2025 Royal Windsor Horse Show, by six hundredths of a second, in the private grounds of Windsor Castle.
Royal Windsor Horse Show held four days of international equestrian sport in Home Park Private at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Berkshire, from Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 May 2025.
The show was first staged in 1943, and its club was founded the following year. It is the only time of year the private grounds of Windsor Castle open to the public.
The programme runs international jumping, driving and endurance beside more than 120 showing classes, with the showing championships in the Castle Arena.
On the final day Australia’s Boyd Exell won the Carriage Driving World Cup Qualifier, his 15th title at the show. Luxembourg’s Victor Bettendorf won the Manama Rose Show Stakes, and England won the DAKS Pony Club Mounted Games Final.
Sunday’s Rolex Grand Prix drew 32 combinations to Bernardo Costa Cabral’s 1.60m course, and nine reached the jump-off for a share of the €500,000 prize fund. Britain’s Harry Charles led at the halfway point before Harrie Smolders went ahead.
Belgium’s Gregory Wathelet went last on Bond Jamesbond de Hay and beat Smolders by 0.06 seconds. It was his second win in the class, after 2022.