The home crowd cheered the victory in Valkenswaard of their top-ranked Dutch star and his “once in a lifetime horse.”

The Dutch rider bested a star-studded field of 40 in the €500,000 Longines event in the resort town on the French Riviera.

It took an exciting 10-horse jump-off, with plenty of thrills and spills, to determine the winners of this prestigious event at CHI Geneva.

Ireland's Denis Lynch and Cornets Iberio raced to first place in Thursday's feature class at the beautiful venue on the French Riviera.

Second Youhorse.auction closes with more than 600,000 euro in turnover and a pair of talented geldings sold to Canadian interests.