Michael maintains lead at Boekelo

After cross country day at Boekelo the man in charge is still Michael Jung for Germany riding Halunke (above) with a double clear round. Andrew Nicholson (below) is still in second place with a clear jumping but 2.4 time penalties and Dirk Schrade has moved up from sixth to third, again with a double clear. Team mate Ingrid Klimke riding Tabasco moved up a few places into fifth giving Germany a good lead in the teams competition but  the young New Zealand rider Jesse Campbell and Kaapachino  moved up 20 spots to seventh and helped to keep the New Zealand team in second place

Swiss rider Felix Vogg, winner of the 2012 World Cup Eventing title recently, also moved up the leader board from 32^nd to 8^th. French riders Veronique Real on Pouchkine d’Arcy moved from 38^th to ninth while Donatien Schauly moved from 39^th to 11^th; along with Nicholas Touzaint and Princesse Pilot in fourth this puts the French team into third place.

The Australian team are sadly out of contention as Bill Levett retired Ballymore Rich Cat on course however Sammi Mcleod is in 43^rd place on Kintara (below) and Catherine Burrell on Urzan (above) is in 35^th place

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Team Standings after Cross Country

1^st GERMANY 137,00  

2^nd NEW ZEALAND 146,60

3^rd FRANCE 149,00  

4^th NETHERLANDS 156,60

5^th GREAT BRITAIN 162,80  

6^th SWEDEN 169,20

7^th IRELAND 189,00  

8^th UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 199,40

9^th BELGIUM 200,80

10^th SWITZERLAND 203,40  

11^th ITALY 227,20

12^th AUSTRALIA 1.116,80

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