The highlight of the second stage of the Morocco Royal Tour 2023 in Rabat was the concluding CSIO4*-W 1.55m Nations Cup presented by Ministere de l'education Nationale, Pre-Scolaire et des Sports on Sunday. Taking their second victory since the Nations Cup was first staged in Rabat in 2016, it was the Belgian team that came out on top ahead of the Swiss in second and the French in third.
With this photo special, we look back at the Nations Cup and first out is the winning team – Cyril Cools, Marine Scauflaire, Virginie Thonon and Jerome Guery, led by Chef d'Equipe Fabienne Daigneux-Lange.
All photos © Mackenzie Clark.
Virginie Thonon and Edgard de Prefontaine jumped double clear for the Belgians.
Cyril Cools and Milton Z delivered two clear rounds to help the Belgian team win their second Nations Cup in Rabat.
Marine Scauflaire and Hortus d'Hoogpoort jumped clear in the second round for Belgium.
As the Belgian anchor pair, Jerome Guery and Enjoy d'Elle didn't even have to jump the second round when the three other team members delivered clears to secure the win.
"It was my first Nations Cup, and I missed my first round, but I didn't ask myself any questions and went into the second round with full confidence," Marine Scauflaire said in a press release from Morocco Royal Tour.
The winning Belgian team.
The Swiss team...
...ended second behind the Belgians.
Elian Baumann and Little Lumpi E jumped double clear for the Swiss.
Elian Baumann congratulates his teammate Mehdi Roessli-Dobjanschi and Valderama Tame, who jumped clear in the first round.
A happy Swiss team.
It's tough to be on the sidelines...
...but Olivier Robert and Careca Ls Elite jumped clear for the French team in the second round...
...to help them to a third place.
Team Ireland's Billy Twomey and Diego Del Caribe. The Irish team finished 4th.
Italy finished 5th in the Nations Cup; here Giulia Martinengo Marquet and Delta Del'Isle.
Vincent Zacharias Bourguignon & Junius Vd Heffinck Z represented the hosts that ended 6th.
Spain's Jose Bono Rodriguez and Ali Baba HT delivered a clear in round two, but it did not help much as their team ended 8th and last.
Supporting the home team.
All the love for Elian Baumann's Little Lumpi E.
All about that team spirit...
Smiles all around: Olivier Robert and Edouard Couperie, Chef d'Equipe for the French team in Rabat.
Happy winners!
Jerome Guery and Enjoy d'Elle share a moment during the prize giving ceremony.
Then