Andrew Nicholson is sitting handily in third place after the dressage overnight at the top-ranking Luhmuhlen CCI4 in Germany.
World number one Nicholson, who has three mounts in the event, is in third on the big grey Mr Cruise Control (owned by Nicola and Robin Salmon and Nicholson) on 38 penalty points after a very polished test, just behind leader Ingrid Klimke (GER) on Tabasco TSF who are on 34 in the 50-strong field.
The next Kiwi on the leaderboard is Badminton winner Jonathan Paget and Bullet Proof (owned by Joseph and Alexander Giannamore) who are on 47.7 and in 12th.
Nicholson and Rathmoyle King (owned by Gillian Morris-Adams, Carolyn Taylor and Carolyne Ryan-Bell) is in 14th with 48 and he's also in 20th spot aboard Qwanza with 49.7
His London Olympic team-mate Jonelle Richards notched 51.5 to sit in 25th.
The New Zealanders have been in dominating form at the world's best four-star events, and hopes are high that will continue this weekend.
