He was the convincing winner of all the previous rounds In the high quality Blom Stallion Competition L class (1.10m): Eldorado van de Zeshoek-son Grandorado TN (out of Charmieque elite IBOP-spr EPTM-spr sport-spr s.Carolus II, bred by M.Rietberg and D. Verhoeven from Holten).

Thus, with the highest points in the intermediate rankings, he was the last to enter the arena in finals at the KWPN Stallion Show powered by Massey Ferguson. The powerful bay jumped easily to a clear first round and  unsurprisingly placed himself for the jump-off. Here we saw 7 combinations back in the ring, amongst them, number two in the rankings: Global Express (Oriënt Express out of Dame Ricard s.Laudanum xx, bred by Haras de la Gisloterie from Basse Normandië) ridden by Lennard de Boer.

The duo was second in Roosendaal and third in Zuidbroek and now Lennard seemed to have a even better position in mind. As the second to last stallion to start, he went full throttle, which resulted in the fastest time at that moment, surpassing Bianca Schoenmakers and the in 2015 approved Gladstone HDH (Capistrano out of Fly s.Ferragamo, bred by A. Dahl from Sprockhövel). Lastly, Willem Greve steered Grandorado through the course, but despite not attempting to beat Lennard’s time he had to note 4 faults. This meant today’s victory for Global Express, but the overall title could not be taken away from Grandorado.