Thursday evening in Lanaken concluded with the Opening Class for the FEI Zangersheide Sires of the World. In this class for approved stallions, Niels Fockaert secured a home victory aboard Chacco Me Biolley.
A course at a height of 1m50 awaited the just under fifty stallions who competed in the Almé Z Arena. Niels Fockaert showed up in the saddle of Chacco Me Biolley and kept the 15-year-old stallion by Chacco-Blue clear in both phases. A time of 25.47s meant a win for Stephanie De Sadeleer's breeding product.
Greek Dimitri Natsis landed in second place with eleven hundredths of a second difference with the 9-year-old Cresco (Cornet Obolensky). The bronze was again for a horse from Belgian soil and was taken by Jumping Jack van de Kalevallei. The sBs'er by Kannan bred by Geert de Sloover was under the saddle of Irishman Kiefer Dawson Stanley.
Denis Lynch noted fourth place for the eighteen years old Rubens Ls La Silla (HH Rebozo). The top five was concluded by Alexander Uekermann and Diathletico FRH (Diacontinus).