The Swiss team won through in an edge-of-the-seat battle with Australia at the third leg of the Furusiyaa FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2013 series in Linz, Austria this afternoon. Germany finished a close third ahead of the host nation in fourth, and the Polish team had to settle for seventh behind Denmark and Ireland when, despite threatening the leaders with a superb performance in the early part of the competition, their chances suddenly slipped away during the dramatic closing stages.

From a starting field of 11 nations, just eight returned to the second round. And although they didn’t manage to make the cut, the team from Belarus collected some of the precious qualifying points on offer in the tussle for a place at the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final which will take place in Barcelona, Spain in September.

Just four nations were in line for points at this fixture, and Austria collected 75 while Denmark picked up 66 and Belarus 59. But a last-place finish for Russia left them on a zero score.

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