In Hickstead, the sporting highlight was undoubtedly the Longines Nations Cup. In this CSIO5* event, hosting nation, Great Britain, clinched the victory without any doubt in front of their home crowd!
On their home turf, the British team arrived at full strength. With a total of four points, the team from Ireland followed as runner up with an eight-point difference. The third place was taken by the French team.
For Great Britain, Harry Charles was the only one to achieve a double clear round with his 13-year-old horse, Casquo Blue (Chacco-Blue). The other team members had a maximum of one jumping fault over both rounds.
Olympic champion Ben Maher competed with his 14-year-old KWPN horse, Exit Remo (formerly known as Extender V). The duo was accompanied by Tim Gredley riding MEdoc de Toxandria, a descendant of Der Senaat 111 from the breeding of Werner Dierckx. John Whitaker also represented Great Britain, riding Unick du Francport (Zandor).