World no. one Daniel Deusser (GER) and Casallvano (Casall x Gestion Silvano N) took the top honours in Saturday's CSIO5* 1.50m Rotterdam Topsport Prize.
With as many as 24 horse-and-rider combinations clearing the first round, it was all or nothing for the 21 that took on the race against the clock in the jump-off. This also showed in the results when only seven of them went clear for a second time.
Deusser crossed the finish line in 37.15 seconds, 0.09 seconds faster than runner-up Kevin Staut (FRA) with Blackonda (Kannan x Lone Star I). After the two riders in the top, it was a gap with a second down to Angelie von Essen (SWE) and Cochella (Cartani x Lord), who was half a second ahead McLain Ward (USA) with Kasper van het Hellehof (Emerald x Nabab de Reve). Fifth place went to Beat Mändli (SUI) with Dsarie (Veron x Ahorn).