The superstars of New Zealand eventing head to the Luhmuhlen Three Day Event in Germany this weekend.
The top-ranking event is the penultimate round of the HSBC Classics series, the six grand slams of eventing.
Likely London Olympian Andrew Nicholson has three horses - Shady Grey (owned by 2012 in Mind Syndicate), Calico Joe (owned by 2012 in Mind Syndicate) and Mr Cruise Control (owned by Robin and Nicola Salmon) entered in the event.
Nicholson is chasing both a podium finish and valuable points in the classics series where he sits second behind long-time rival William Fox-Pitt. With US$150,000 ($193,000) for the series winner there is plenty at stake. The final leg of the series is at Burghley in August.
Nicholson is no stranger to Luhmulen and says it's a tough event to shine at. "It's a proper four star. The standard of dressage is always very high. They have a very good arena which the horses work well on. It's the same for the showjumping, too, but with a good surface comes big courses."