Germany is now once again at the top of the leaderboard after winning the FEI Nations Cup at Montelibretti in Italy, and could prove hard to beat with just two more legs to run in the 2014 series.
The face of the German team trainer, Christopher Bartle, was wreathed in smiles as the last one of his riders, Sandra Auffarth, galloped into the arena at Aachen to win the individual and team titles at Aachen
Sandra Auffarth spearheads Germany's lead in the CICO3* at Aachen where the dressage and show jumping are complete - tomorrow they head out of the arenas on to the cross country
Switzerland is this year's partner country at CHIO Aachen and their top show jumper, Steve Guerdat, could walk away with a big bonus in the Rolex Grand Prix
New Zealand has had a convincing win in the FEI Eventing Nations Cup competition at the Houghton International Horse Trials, with Sir Mark Todd and Lizzie Brown taking first and second in the CICO3*.