"BERTRAM was extremely unlucky to have a pole down last night but he is jumping great and the mare is jumping great," Ireland's show jumping manager Robert Splaine told Brendan McArdle of The Irish Fieldin Las Vegas this afternoon.

"He is very, very close to the leaders and is in a podium position at this stage...it is all to play for now," he predicted. "We all know from experience that the jumping on Sunday will be huge but without question he can win."