In the Short Grand Prix test, from which the top 12 qualify to ride in the Kur (freestyle) German rising star Ulla Salzgeber came in second to van Grunsven and Bonfire's score of 78.54%. Wall Street the 9-year-old flamboyant gelding put a 72.88% on the score board.
(Photo by Astrid Appels)

German B-frame rider Heike Kemmer, who has an exciting horse in Albano, made a surprising break-through. The Oldenburg Argentinus x Grundstein I offspring made his international debut at the 1999 CDI Ebreichsdorf in Austria. In Amsterdam the bay gelding moved up to a third spot with 72.20%.

Favorite of the audience, Arjen Teeuwissen, followed his trainer, Sjef Janssen, to Amsterdam, bringing out Gestion Goliath (KWPN x Zebulon x Nieuwpoort) for the first time since the European Championships. The combination placed fourth with 70.63%. American Christine Traurig ended thirteenth with the Westphalian gelding Etienne, the mount with whom she rode to victory 1998 Festival of Champions. With 64.83% the pair just missed the cut for the freestyle, which takes the top 12 riders in the Short Grand Prix test.