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Belgium has taken over the lead of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Europe division 2 after the fifth leg in Lisbon. Sweden has been pushed down to second position and Norway to third. The top three teams have all collected points at three legs while Denmark is on fourth place and has only collected points from two legs so far.

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Beezie Madden and Derek Neldner, Managing Director, Global Investment Banking, RBC Capital Markets. Photo © Spruce Meadows Media Services. Beezie Madden led the victory gallop in both competitions in the International Ring today. In the $35,000 RBC Capital Markets Cup 1.50m, she and Amadora found the path to win. The $35,000 ATCO Energy Solutions Cup 1.45m had a field of 62 competitors, and it was Madden and Wrigley who were fastest in the jump-off.

The $35,000 RBC Capital Markets Cup 1.50m was the feature event and was held in the winning round format. The top 25 placed horses from the Enbridge Cup on Wednesday qualified for today's competition. From the top 25, the top eight returned to compete over a shortened course to determine the winner.

Beezie Madden and Wrigley. Photo © Spruce Meadows Media Services. The $35,000 ATCO Energy Solutions Cup 1.45m had the largest starting field of the day with 62 entries, and 10 qualified for the jump-off. Leading the pack with a time of 38.72 seconds was Olympic gold medalist and 2013 FEI World Cup Finals winner Beezie Madden on Wrigley, a 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare by Padinus x Burggaaf owned by John Madden Sales, Inc.

Second place went to Jonathan McCrea (USA) and Twisther, owned by Candy Tribble, who had a jump-off time of 39.27 seconds. Katie Dinan (USA) and Grant Road Partners' Glory Days were third in 39.61 seconds.

The Belgian Team. Photo by FEI/Nuno Pragana.By Louise Parkes / FEI.

The Belgian team cruised to victory at the tenth leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2013 series in Lisbon, Portugal tonight and grabbed the lead at the top of the Europe Division 2 league table. Helped by double-clears from both Pieter Devos and Judy Ann Melchior, they left the rest trailing in their wake when finishing with just four faults on the board, while second-placed Great Britain finished a full 18 faults behind with 22, and Brazil and Ireland shared third spot when posting 24 faults apiece.

The top showjumpers are back in London - competing for more fame and glory during the fourth leg of the Global Champions Tour. All photos by Hanne Christensen.

The winning pair; Patrice Delaveau and Lacrimoso HDC. Photos by Hanne Christensen.The biggest class of the day in London went to the super pair Patrice Delaveau and Lacrimoso HDC (Landjunge x Cascavelle). This super fast couple did two tremendous rounds under the evening sun in London, and their jump-off was as usual in a class of its own – around the shortened track of seven fences the French rider got the perfect turns to the London bus-wall and to the red mailbox-vertical as well as getting a great run to the final white gate crossing the finish line at 35.66 seconds. With his time Patrice pushed Steve Guerdat and Sidney VIII (Carry x Quidam de Revel) down to second. The Olympic champion had also produced two picture perfect rounds, and for a long time his jump-off looked like it couldn’t be beat but Patrice shaved off 0.13 seconds to take the win.

Angelica Augustsson with Mic Mac du Tillard. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Angelica Augustsson's ride Mic Mac du Tillard (Cruising x Galoubet A) is currently competed by Angelica's colleague David Will. The 13 year old chestnut mare and Angelica have had great success together and won the World Cup qualifier in Gothenburg in 2011 as well as the Grand Prix in Nörten-Hardenberg to mention some. Mic Mac has been out with injury for a long time, but  has been back competing with Angelica since April. This weekend she is competed by David Will in Balve though.

The starting order for tonight's Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup division 2 in Lisbon will be as follows: 1. Spain, 2. The Netherlands 3. Brasil 4. Ireland 5. Italy 6. Switzerland 7. Great Britain 8. Portugal 9. Australia 10. Belgium 11. France

Here is a small selection of Terri's tweet from London - enjoy! To see all the tweets, please log in to WoSJ Twitter account here.

Nice hand wall around the Olympic stadium! #terri

Darragh Kerins and E Muze Yek. Photo © Spruce Meadows Media Services. The $35,000 Spectra Energy Cup 1.60m was the highlight of today's schedule at the Spruce Meadows 'National' Tournament. Darragh Kerins (IRL) and E Muze Yek found the key to a clear round and were fastest in the jump-off for Kerins' first victory in the International Ring. McLain Ward won for the second day in a row, this time on Zander in the $33,000 ATCO Pipelines Cup 1.45m. Another first-time International ring win came for Lauren Tisbo and Roundthorn Madios in the $33,000 Prairie Mines & Royalty Cup 1.50m.

The $35,000 Spectra Energy Cup 1.60m had 28 entries that contested a course set by Werner Deeg of Germany. Nine were clear through to the jump-off. The winning time of 40.165 seconds was set early in the jump-off by Kerins and E Muze Yek, a nine-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding by For Pleasure x Carthago owned by Kerins and Maarten Huygens. They went second in the jump-off and no one was able to catch their speedy time and keep the jumps up.

Pius Schwizer and Coolgirl won the 1.45 class in London. Photo by Stefano Grasso/Longines Global Champions Tour.The two 5* classes at the opening day in London yesterday went to Pius Schwizer and Lauren Hough. Pius took home the 1.45 class on the 9 year old mare Coolgirl, while home rider Mark Armstrong on Thesaura (Darco x Lys de Darmen) was second – with only 0,04 seconds separating the two in the jump-off. Third place went to Maikel van der Vleuten on the wonderful VDL Groep Sapphire B (Darco x Lys de Darmen).

The biggest class of the day – the Massimo Dutti Prix – was won by US rider Lauren Hough, on the very quick Ohlala (Orlando x Cardento). This 9 year old mare keeps on producing top results, and yesterday was no exception – Ohlala was almost two seconds faster than runner-up Labors Wonderboy (Darco x Lys de Darmen) with Jur Vrieling in the saddle. Then followed another notoriously fast rider, Roger Yves Bost on the Ideal de la Loge-son Qoud'Coeur de la Loge.

McLain Ward raises the trophy with Brendan Dolan. Photo © Spruce Meadows Media Services. McLain Ward is starting off his Spruce Meadows Summer Tournament in his usual fashion: winning. After a win yesterday with Super Trooper de Ness, he led the victory gallop again today in the $33,000 ATCO Pipelines Cup 1.45m with his own Zander, a nine-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding by Cantos x Saygon, owned by Ward and Grant Road Partners LLC. There were 65 entries in the competition, and 20 advanced to the jump-off.

The tickets for the WEG in Normandy in 2014 were released yesterday. For now only packages are available, and they include passes, accommodation and transportation. The rest of the tickets will be released in November.

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The schedule for jumping contains the detailed planning for the European Championships and the CSI3* competition including over 30 officials and their respective roles.

The horse inspections are scheduled for Monday 19 August at 13:00-15:00 in the afternoon but the stables open already Sunday, welcoming all guests whether it is the four-legged athletes or riders and grooms. The championship athletes are invited to try out the arena already Monday before the first serious session starts with the speed competition Tuesday 20 August.