Mel Thijssen, the younger sister of Sanne Thijssen, is fast... Very fast! But Gilles Nuytens is even faster. He won the 1.40m Dutch Youngster Festival Prize for junior riders who were not in the team of want to ride a 2nd horse. They rode the same course as the Nations Cup riders, but than against the clock.
Gilles Nuytens finished in 64.65 seconds. Mel Thijssen with Ambler Gambler (Colander) in 64.95 seconds. Hessel Hoekstra stopped the clock in 66.02 seconds with Qstar (Quasimodo Z). Thibault Phillippaerts and Jodie Hall McAteer became 4th and 5th, followd by the Dutch Bas Moerings.