A lot is happening in tonights first round of the Nations Cup final in Barcelona. This sunday will be all about the exciting final round, the moment that we will know what team will go home with the win. Will it be the defending Dutch team? They had a good start this evening keeping them in the race for sunday. Their total after tonights results is 4 penalties so all is possible. Clear rounds we saw from both Leopold van Asten and his VDL Groep Beauty (by For Pleasure) and the world's number 1 Harrie Smolders aboard Emerald (by Diamant de Semilly). Both Marc Houtzager (Sterrehof's Calimero) and Frank Schuttert (Chianti's Champion) jumped 4 penalties. But they finished in the final top 8 and will give it everything they got to defend their title. The teams that will get a chance to the titel are: Austria and Italy that are both in the lead after tonights events with 1 penalty. Following in third place are Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands with 4 penalties. Ireland, Switzerland and France also made it to the top eight.
