This made him just slightly faster than Cian O'Connor, who rode his new mount Funky Fred Marienshof Z (by Fantomas de Muze) to second place. O'Connor recently took over the reins of the Zangersheide stallion, but this didn’t stop him from delivering a faultless round in 26.98 seconds. Raleigh Hiler and Lennox vd Bisschop (by Baloubet du Rouet) completed the podium with a clear round in 27.33 seconds.

The top five was rounded out by Santiago Diaz Ortega (Carpi DV Z) and Teresa Blazquez-Abascal (Nasa de Toxandria).

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