Team GB took first place with a score of 237.47, USA with a 229.90 for silver and hosts France took bronze with a 238.12. 

No riders jumped clean in the first round of competition, demonstrating the challenge of the course set by Gregory Bodo and Santiago Varela Ullastres. GB’s pathfinder Maher incurred 1 time penalty, USA’s Laura Kraut had a rail for 4 jump faults, and France’s pathfinder Simon Delestre had 3 time penalties. It was France’s Kevin Staut who jumped a clear round first that riders figured out the key to the course and clear rounds started coming.

Brash and his horse, Jefferson, kept their team in first place with a time of 79.54 seconds and just one penalty. Maher —initially scheduled to ride Point Break but instead rode Dallas Vegas Batilly— was forced to change horses at the last minute due to the stallion's form post-travel. Unfazed, the Tokyo individual jumping champion cleared every fence and incurred just a single penalty point — one of Team GB’s two penalties in total. Charles, on Romeo 88, had one of the day's best performances, incurring no penalties.

Kraut, Karl Cook and McClain Ward grabbed Team USA’s second consecutive silver in the event. Five-time Olympian Ward claimed his third silver in team jumping, to add to his two golds. The American trio won gold at the 2023 Pan American Games.

France dropped down to third place after Julien Epaillard picked up four penalty points, adding to Delestre’s three. 

Olympic equestrian events resume tomorrow at 10:00 CEST with dressage team grand prix competition.