In the 1.60m Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia, only two combinations managed to qualify for the jump-off.
Ultimately, Ben Maher claimed the victory after a faultless round with Point Break (Action-Breaker).
Maher and the 11-year-old son of Action-Breaker were the only ones to complete the jump-off without faults.
On the podium, Ioli Mytilineou followed with the 14-year-old La Perla vd Heffinck (Cooper van de Heffinck).
Third place went to Olympic champion Christian Kukuk with the 10-year-old Chageorge (Chacco-Blue).
In the saddle of the 12-year-old Dinozo Imperio Egipcio (Diamant de Semilly), Stephan de Freitas Barcha followed, ahead of Tom Schewe and Lorenzo ES (Comme Il Faut).
