At Belgium's Sentower Park tonight's Longines Ranking class was set 1.45m heigh. It was a class of fast, faster, fasts in which Brazil's Luiz Francisco de Azevedo and his 9-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding, Nashville jumped to the first spot.
De Azevedo was the only to cross the finish in less than 38 seconds. Together with his son of Diamant de Semilly de Azevedo left Guy Williams with his SF-sire, Rouge de Ravel in the runner-up position. Ireland's Susan Fitzpatrick completed the stage aboard her 9-year-old son of Conthargos, Keatingstown Skorphults Joker.
Yesterday Belgium's Christophe Vanderhasselt conquered the 1.50m main class, this time it was Thibeau Spits who set the best home-result. Spits and Juragold Bormes (Contact vd Heffinck) jumped faultless into the fourth spot. The top five was completed by USA's Brian Moggre and the 11-year-old Gelano (Eldorado vd Zeshoek).