Overview The Hampton Classic is a week of FEI show jumping in Bridgehampton that builds its own small town on 65 acres at the end of the Hamptons summer - 1,664 stalls, 38 tents and six show rings - and closes on Grand Prix Sunday. Its jumper divisions run at FEI 5* and 2* alongside USEF Premier hunter classes, for more than $1 million in total prize money, and the field includes Olympic and World Cup medalists. In 2026 the $400,000 Longines Hampton Classic CSI5* Grand Prix drew 31 horse-and-rider combinations from 10 nations. The show calls itself the perfect end to a perfect summer. On site Around 1,400 horses compete over the week, and the show hands out some 3,000 ribbons and 340 pounds of apples. The VIP hospitality area is for table holders and their guests only, with 155 VIP tables and four private chalets; sponsors host lunches there every day, and on Grand Prix Sunday the tables compete in the Table Decor Contest. The shopping village runs to about 75 boutiques, selling everything from antique binoculars and telescopes to cars. Kids Day brings arts and crafts, free pony rides and live music, and Animal Adoption Day finds homes for dogs, cats and horses. Audience The five states most represented at the show are New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Florida. A U.S. Equestrian Federation survey the Classic cites puts the average rider at four horses owned and at least six shows a year and 40% owning a farm. The show says celebrities and influencers are regulars in the VIP area, and it issues about 250 working media credentials. Talent and Influencers Kent Farrington won the 2026 Grand Prix on Greya, beating McLain Ward in a two-horse jump-off by 0.74 seconds, with Germany's Christian Kukuk third; it was Farrington's third Classic Grand Prix after 2012 and 2013. Ward won the Grand Prix for a record seventh time in 2018, and he took the $20,000 Longines Rider Challenge in 2021, 2024 and 2026. Nick Granat built the 2026 Grand Prix course. Gem Twist, the Olympic medalist horse, competed in 1988, when the Classic was a qualifier for the Seoul Olympics. Track record The modern Classic started in 1976 and moved to its current grounds in 1982. The first souvenir T-shirt was hand-screened in the executive director's kitchen in 1978, and more than 50,000 have sold since. A congressman proclaimed August Hampton Classic Month in 1995, the show joined the first group of Heritage Competitions in 2009, all-weather footing went in in 2022, and the 2025 edition was the 50th anniversary. Brand presence Longines is the official timekeeper and puts its name on the Grand Prix. Partners buy ring signage, a customized jump built into a course, class sponsorships, jumbotron commercials, public-address announcements, program ads and custom spaces on the grounds. Automakers show cars among the boutiques, and WVVH-Hamptons TV and News 12 Long Island carry the show on television.