Claudia Rothermere Wins the 2024 Constance Hotels & Resorts Challenge at the LGCT of Monaco

For a second consecutive year, Longines Global Champions Tour partnered with Constance Hotels & Resorts, a luxury hotel chain with properties in Mauritius, Maldives, and Seychelles, for the exciting Constance Hotels & Resorts Challenge. The French Riviera challenge dedicated to CSI2* riders covered three events in the French Riviera, wrapping up this weekend in Monaco.

Constance Hotels & Resorts is generously providing six once-in-a-lifetime packages for a week-long stay at their luxurious resorts. The best 2* riders from each event are rewarded with a package, as well as the best three riders from the overall ranking after this weekend’s Monaco leg.

The Constance Hotels & Resorts Challenge kicked off at the Longines Global Champions Tour of Ramatuelle/St. Tropez. This spectacular challenge is exclusively for 2* riders, offering an unparalleled prize at each leg as well as to the overall winner of the challenge.

"It is an amazing opportunity for someone at my age to be doing these Longines Global Champions Tour shows. I love them all and don’t have a favourite because they are all so uniquely incredible. The team that arranges these events are just incredible and they give all of us riders an amazing experience. The horses are so well looked after and it is like a dream come true.

I was never expecting to win this. When I was informed of the standings before Monaco I was a bit nervous for jumping here. I am just over the moon.

You are only as good as your horses and I have two remarkable horses. I only got Charmeur in January, he is young but tried incredibly hard and Jacqmotte is an older horse and will just do anything for me and I can’t wait to come back next year.” - Claudia Rothermere, Winner of the Constance Hotels and Resorts Challenge 2024

The Constance Hotels & Resorts Challenge kicked off at the Longines Global Champions Tour of Ramatuelle/St. Tropez. This spectacular challenge is exclusively for 2* riders, offering an unparalleled prize at each leg as well as to the overall winner of the challenge.

French rider Brice Grugeon secured first place after the first leg of the challenge with 141.25 points. Grugeon claimed the incredible prize of a week-long stay at one of Constance Hotels & Resorts luxurious locations.

The Longines Global Champions Tour then headed down the Côte d'Azur to Cannes. Martina Franco Stephan took the top spot as the best 2* rider at the LGCT of Cannes. As the top 2* rider at the LGCT of Cannes, the Mexican rider was awarded a week-long stay at one of Constance Hotels & Resorts luxurious locations.

Claudia Rothermere of Great Britain moved into first place in the overall standings following the LGCT of Cannes. Rothermere gained a comfortable lead after the first two legs of the tour, sitting on 228.75 points, 42.75 points ahead of second place Pollyanna Gredley going into the final leg in Monaco.

At the final lego of the Challenge in Monaco, Italy’s Elenora Sanna took the tops spot as the best 2* rider of the competition, earning her one of the luxurious prizes offered by Constance Hotels and Resorts. 

With a strong showing in Monaco, Claudia Rothermere was able to maintain her lead in the overall standings, finishing the Challenge in first place. Rothermere finished the challenge with 354.75 points, an impressive 53 point lead. Fellow British rider Pollyanna Gredley claims second place with 301.75 points. Rounding out the top three was Stefano Nogara of Italy with 256.25 points. The top three riders claimed the incredible prizes presented by Constance Hotels and Resorts of a week-long stay at one of their luxury destinations.

2024 Constance Hotels and Resorts Challenge Results
1st Place -          Claudia Rothermere – 354.75 points
2nd Place -         Pollyanna Gredley – 301.75 points
3rd Place -          Stefano Nogara – 256.25 points
4th Place -          Eleonora Sanna – 237.5 points
5th Place -          Cyrine Cherif – 230.75 points
6th Place -          Eva Vittoria Lasagni – 203.75 points
7th Place -            Wilfrid Pierrot – 180.75 points
8th Place -             Brice Grugeon – 177.5 points
9th Place -             Martina Franco Stephan – 175.5 points
10th Place -           Felipe Coutinho Mendonca Nagata – 171.25 points