The host nation threw down a definitive victory on home turf today when scooping the main honours with a zero scoreline in the third leg of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ 2022 Europe Division 1 series in Rotterdam (NED).

As winners at the Longines Final 2021 in Barcelona (ESP), and following exactly the same result at their home venue 12 months ago, they went into battle with a weight of expectation. And they lived up to it with such conviction that they look a real force to be reckoned with over the coming months, especially with the FEI Jumping World Championships 2022 in Denmark just around the corner.

A clear first round from pathfinders Maikel van der Vleuten and his Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze-medal-winning ride Beauville Z was followed by a similarly foot-perfect run from Sanne Thijssen with the busy but brilliant Con Quidam RB. So when Willem Greve followed that with another clear from his big stallion Grandorado TN who seemed to just stroll around the 12-fence course set by Dutchmen Quintin Maertens and Louis Konickx, then Jos Lansink’s team already had their noses out in front.

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