The 2025 edition of CHI Geneva brings together one of the deepest, most statistically impressive fields of the season. With the Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final on Friday and the Rolex Grand Prix of Geneva on Sunday, the sport’s biggest names arrive at Palexpo carrying extraordinary form, career-defining momentum, and storylines that place this event at the centre of the global jumping calendar.

This weekend is not only about prestige. It is a weekend shaped by data: Elo strength, clear-round reliability, win rates, and head-to-head match-ups all point toward a set of classes where the margins will be razor-thin.

Stars of the Show: Elo Powerhouses Arrive in Geneva

Six of the world’s Top 10 Elo-rated horses are set to compete in Geneva, a superbly dense concentration of elite firepower. Monaco (781), the defending champion of the Rolex Grand Prix of Geneva, enters as the highest-rated horse in the field and sits only 1 point behind the world’s global No.3, Ermitage Kalone. He is joined by United Touch S, Dynamix de Belheme, Greya, Toulayna, and Cayman Jolly Jumper, forming a strong collective of top horses in Geneva.

Monaco’s Spark that Ignited a Season

The presence of Monaco and United Touch S in Geneva sets up a compelling storyline:
The last two winners of the Rolex Grand Prix of Geneva enter 2025 as the two highest-rated horses in this year’s field.

Monaco’s Geneva victory proved more than a milestone. Before their victory, the pair hadn’t been able to win a five-star 160 class, but came close multiple times by claiming the runner-up spot on 11 different occasions. This victory proved a momentum shift. Since that day, Harrie & Monaco have gone on to be victorious in three more five-star Grands Prix in 2025 (Cannes, Valkenswaard and Rome).

Harrie Smolders’ Monaco also approaches another personal milestone. He will likely jump the 100th CSI5* 160 round of his career in Geneva this weekend, and he is chasing what would be a remarkable 50th clear at the level.

Geneva loves a horse with history. Monaco brings both history and form.

The Ones on Form: Who Has Been Jumping the Cleanest in 2025?

Clear-round reliability is often the deciding factor in Palexpo’s expansive arena. Based on CSI5* 1.60m rounds jumped in 2025, Scott Brash’s Hello Folie leads all Geneva entries with a stunning 75% clear rate, over courses with a relatively high average clear rate of 40%. These clears helped the pair claim both a Team & Individual Silver medal at the Jumping European Championships in A Coruna last summer.

These are the horses arriving to Geneva in form, and it’s clears that are needed to climb Sunday’s Grand Prix podium.

The Winners’ Club: Riders Who Know How to Win Big in 2025

If this season has belonged to anyone statistically, it is World #1 Kent Farrington. He has already claimed eight five-star Grand Prix or World Cup victories this year, matching the all-time record he set in 2017. No rider, on record since 2010, has ever won more than eight major five-star classes in a single calendar year. Farrington now stands on the brink of surpassing himself.

For six of his eight upper-level wins so far this year, Farrington counted on his trusted partner, Greya to take the top honours. Only once on our records has a horse managed to win 6 five-star Grand Prix or World Cup classes in one calendar year: Gazelle, also piloted by Kent, achieved this feat back in 2017. Remarkably, they won their 6th Grand Prix of that year here, at CHI Geneva.

 Can Greya write history where Gazelle wrote hers?

Scott Brash has had one of the best seasons of his career with six wins at five-star Grand Prix/World Cup level, a tally achieved by only five riders in any season in the modern era.
Christian Kukuk, Simon Delestre, Harrie Smolders, and Karl Cook also enter the week with multiple 2025 five-star wins, reinforcing the quality of this year’s field.

Kent vs Scott: The Rivalry of 2025 Arrives on the Palexpo Stage

Farrington and Brash have defined much of the top end of the sport this year,  winning on separate continents, chasing world ranking points, and meeting on only a few occasions.

So far in 2025, they have met on four major five-star occasions: ’s-Hertogenbosch, La Baule, St Tropez, and most recently in Aachen.

Their most notable meeting?
The LGCT Grand Prix of St Tropez, where Scott Brash & Hello Chadora Lady took the win ahead of Kent Farrington & Toulayna, a 1–2 finish that encapsulated their season-long duel. Both riders will contest Friday’s Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final, and both bring multiple proven horses that would be ones to watch for Sunday’s Grand Prix.

It is very possible, even likely, that the outcome of CHI Geneva 2025 will swing on this rivalry.

A Weekend of Opportunity, History, and Statistical Firsts

With six Top 10 Elo horses, multiple major winners, and form horses peaking at the right time, the 2025 Rolex Grand Prix of Geneva shapes up as a classic.

Expect Monaco to be central to the conversation yet again, both statistically and emotionally. Expect Farrington and Brash to push the pace. Expect the Swiss crowd to lift Dynamix de Belheme. And expect a jump-off, should it happen, to enter the seasonal highlight reel.

Few shows can match Geneva for atmosphere and ambition. This year, the numbers and storylines suggest something special is about to unfold.