The antipodean eventing team knocked the jump jockeys from their two year reign with a series of seamless baton changes. Jump jockeys Richard Johnson, Wayne Hutchinson, Tom Scudamore and Tom Bellamy were unable to close the gap following a messy baton change between Scudamore and Hutchinson early on. Todd who is set to ride at his eighth Olympics next month said:
“That was great. But where are the jump jockeys – are they still going!?”