On a night of sensational sport, Germany’s Richard Vogel steered the brilliant stallion United Touch S to win the second leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final 2023 in Omaha (USA). But it is Denmark’s Andreas Schou (Darc de Lux) and Switzerland’s Pius Schwizer (Vancouver de Lanlore) who share the lead going into Saturday’s third and deciding competition.

The top three in yesterday’s opening Speed class all lost their grip tonight, but overnight leader and world number one, Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann (King Edward), only slipped to third with a single fence down. However Britain’s Scott Brash (Hello Jefferson) plummeted from second to equal-ninth when leaving three on the floor while Germany’s Daniel Deusser (Scuderia 1918 Tobago Z) retired and is now completely out of contention.

With points from both yesterday’s Speed leg and tonight’s Jump-Off now converted into penalties, there is less than a fence between the top six going into the top-30 last-day test.

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