Andrew Nicholson and Mr Cruise Control have finished fifth in the four-star event at Les Etoiles du Pau in France overnight.
Nicholson had two costly rails in the showjumping phase which saw the leaderboard tumbled around.
Winner William Fox-Pitt who had been sitting on a trifecta, did not manage a clear round with any of his three horses, while four star debutant Maxime Livio and Ca Thar De Game left everything up to finish second behind Seacookie TSF, with Fox-Pitt also third on Cool Mountain.
New Zealand's Lucy Jackson and Willy Do rode a clear round to move from 21st up to 12th. Caroline Powell and Onwards and Upwards picked up just two time faults to also move up the board, from 32nd to finish in 23rd place.
Nicholson was unlucky with Quimbo with his rail that saw them finish in 26th, while Tim Price and Ringwood Sky Boy in their first four star together finished in 31th, with Megan Heath and St Daniel right behind in 32nd after a clear round, and Annabel Wigley aboard Frog Rock also clear to finish in 33rd.
