He had already indicated that he had brought a horse for the competitions where it was all about speed and he had done well.
Roger-Yves Bost convincingly won the 4* accumulator (1.45m) with the 14-year-old mare Urane (SF, Miami de Semilly x Draddar des Hutins). This super-fast combination stopped the clock at 46.90 seconds. American Lucas Porter was 1.58 seconds slower with Hope Street (Holst, Casall x Quick Nick I) and had to settle for second place. VDL rider Leopold van Asten had to share third place with Belgium's Annelies Vorsselmans. Both realised a time of 50.44 seconds. Van Asten with VDL Groep Victoria (KWPN, Do Spiritivo¬) and Vorsselmans with Qua Vadis DKG (Holst, Q-Verdi).