Luxembourg rider Victor Bettendorf won the Rolex Grand Prix at the 2026 Royal Windsor Horse Show, going first in a five-horse jump-off in Windsor Castle's private grounds.
Luxembourg’s Victor Bettendorf won the Rolex Grand Prix at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, held at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Berkshire, from Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 May 2026.
The show has run since 1943 in the Castle’s private grounds, and four arenas of showing classes sit beside the international sport. The organisers announced a record number of entries for the year.
On the opening day His Majesty The King’s former racehorse First Receiver won in the showing classes, and Lottie Tutt took two show jumping victories. In the Defender Dressage Masterclass, Carl Hester, Becky Moody and Richard Davison explained freestyle dressage ahead of the FEI World Championships in Aachen.
The Grand Prix on the Sunday brought 34 combinations, six of them from the world’s top ten, to a 1.60m course by Portugal’s Bernardo Costa Cabral. Five reached the jump-off for a share of €500,000.
Bettendorf and Qwando van de Rispen went first and set a clear round in 37.41 seconds. Ben Maher on Point Break came closest, 0.85 seconds slower. Bettendorf had already won the Manama Rose Show Stakes that morning on Atchoum de la Roque Z.