Fellow German and world No. 1 Christian Ahlmann came second on the nine-year old stallion Caribis Z (60.86) ahead of the 25-year old Jan Wernke, a member of the riders for the future squad, with the Holstein mare Queen Mary (61.79). Behind him in fourth was the first foreign rider, the Belgian Olivier Philippaerts who saddled the mare H&M Legend Of Love (61.80).
The quickest of the 49 contestants was Felix Haßmann (Germany) in 58.68 seconds. He however knocked down a fence and it left him with a total time of 62.68 and sixth place.