TURNING the tables in the final moments, and producing one of only three show jumping clears, the British pairing of Tom McEwan and Strike Smartly unexpectedly landed the inaugural Gain Equine Nutrition and Alltech CCI3*.

Poised in third spot overnight and nearly six marks adrift of the leaders, the duo pulled ahead in a nail-biting final phase. His job done, McEwen watched from the side lines, as second-placed Olivia Craddock (Billy Liffy) rolled two poles, while agonisingly for the home crowd, leaders Sam Watson and Ardagh Highlight did the same. Watson was clear until the influential combination two from home, but flattening, the gelding lowered both the middle and final parts.