On the eve of the Rio Olympic Games, a confident, new-look Australian team put up a brilliant performance to take their first FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing victory and break Germany’s winning run at their home leg at Aachen (GER), the sixth in the 2016 series.

The Australian quartet led a competitive nine-nation field from the start and extended their lead of just 0.7 penalties after Dressage to a convincing final margin of 9.5 penalties with four fast Cross Country rounds.

Shane Rose (AUS), recently arrived in Europe from his Australian home to prepare for the Olympics, finished second on CP Qualify in the individual standings, just 0.4 behind the reigning Olympic and European Champions Michael Jung (GER) and fischerTakinou, which was not his team horse.

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