In the eight-rider jump-off, he once again went clear on the 12-year-old gelding SV Vroom de la Pomme Z in a time of 34.70 seconds. He duly also secured the 32,705-euro prize money. Commenting afterwards, he said: “It was a fantastic competition. Winning it in this atmosphere is so special. There were so many world class riders in the field at this top show.”

Fredricson relegated Germany’s Marcus Ehning, team world champion in Aachen and a two-time winner in the STUTTGART GERMAN MASTER (2002 and 2004) into second place. Riding the Westphalian mare Askala NRW, he stopped the clock after going clear in 35.56 seconds. His reward: 21,100 Euro. Crowd favourite Richard Vogel (Germany), another team gold medal winner in Aachen, was in the saddle on the SF Hengst Gangster Montdesir and left all the fences standing too when recording 36.18 seconds. He was able to look forward to a 15,825-euro purse.

During the day, 2,700 spectators followed the action in the freestyle dressage Grand Prix for the Prize of Abelein Event Service, in the Prize of Raumpflege for the show jumpers and in the warm-up class in the FEI Ponies Trophy for the Prize of Ensinger Mineral-Heilquellen.