Simon Delestre (FRA) and Olga van de Kruishoeve (El Torreo de Muze x Nabab de Reve) won Friday's CSI5* 1.45m Lugano Diamonds Trophy – a class counting for the Longines Ranking Group D – as the 2024-edition of the Longines Global Champions Tour of London kicked off at the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

Stopping the clock on 59.77, the former world number one took the win ahead of Richard Vogel (GER) and Churchill 48 (Cassito x Colman) in second in 60.12 seconds, while Sophie Hinners (GER) and Ghia Pe (Gem of India x Laissez Faire) placed third in 61.62 seconds, followed by John Whitaker (GBR) and Sharid (Toulon x Vancouleurs) in fourth in 62.54 and Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) aboard Elwikke (Eldorado vd Zeshoek x Quick Star) in fifth in 63.91. 

“Olga is such a competitive horse, I really have fun riding her," Delestre said in a press release from Longines Global Champions Tour. "I can take the first distance off every turn, and with such a lovely course built by Uliano Vezzani, this show couldn’t have started better.”