He stayed ahead of Qatar's Hamad Ali Mohammed A Al Attiyah and the fourteen year old Belgium bred Cassander van het Bremhof (by Concreto). They finished in second place in 32.59 seconds. The third place went to Salman Mohammed Al Emadi and the Zangersheide bred Zorro Z (by Zandoor Z) in 33.03 seconds. Zandor Z used to be ridden by Edwina Tops-Alexander.
The top five was completed by Rashid Towaim Ali Al Marri and his Beyonce (by VDL Corland), while Saudi Arabia's Abdulrahman Muhfid Alhamazani finished in fifth place with Birgitta (by Lord Z).
In the 1m45 maincourse it was the ten year old Belgium bred stallion Garlic vh Kapelhof (by Tauber van het Kapelhof) who jumped to victory with his rider Ramzy Al Duhami in 63.70 seconds.
Turkey's Derin Demirsoy followed in second place with his Narazo de Nyze Z (by Nelson Z) in 65.70 seconds. America's Reed Kessler followed in third place with her Cos I Can (by Olympic).
For Russia there was a fourth place with Vladimir Tuganov and his horse Confident of Victory (by Cornet Obolensky). Sheik Ali Bin Khalid Al Thani completed the top five with his impressive mare Carolina 31 a daughter by Clinton.
