Beezie Madden and Simon (Mr. Blue x Naline ster prest by Polydox, breeder: M.J. Vermeulen) won he first component of the World Cup Finals in Göteborg. Though she also took another horse to Gothenburg, she decided to also use Simon, who is in top form, for the other events.

A total of six KWPN horses left the rails untouched. In second place was Pius Schwizer from Switzerland with Verdi III (Hors la Loi II x ICantessa by Cantus, breeders: M. Rijpma, J.M. van Uytert and A.J.C. Drost) and a time of 62.79. In sixth place was the KWPN mare merrie Silvana HDC (Corland x Donate keur pref prest by Widor, breeder B.J. Ter Denge) with Kevin Staut from France and a time of 65.04.

Romantovich Take One (Numero Uno x Oniel elite sport-dres by Karandasj, breeder J.W. de Waal) onder Christine McCrea also went clear with a time of 69.60, and finished in 19th place while Uceko (Celano x Patricia pref by Koriander, breeder K. van den Hof) and Kent Farrington had the fastest ride, but with 8 faults they finished in 16th place.

(Source: JS for KWPN)