Britain's Michael Whitaker, Nick Skelton and Richard Davenport are all through to the last round of show jumping's World Cup final in Las Vegas. Whitaker has a realistic chance of victory on Sunday after qualifying in fifth having guided Portofino 63 to eighth in Saturday's second round.
But Skelton's and Davenport's chances of title success are slim - they go through in 13th and 20th respectively.
Germany's Meredith Michaels Beerbaum heads the qualifying standings.
Derek Ricketts, Britain's chef d'equipe, said: "I'm very pleased that they are all in the top 20 - that's a real achievement.
"It could be a struggle to win - but it's fairly tight so I am looking forward to a good competitive final."
Whitaker said: "I'm very pleased to have qualified well. Portofino's been jumping brilliantly.
"It's a strong position to be in and I'll just try to jump two clear rounds and hope that the others in front of me have a fence down."
World Cup final, Las Vegas, second round results (Sat) :
1. Meredith Michaels Beerbaum (Ger) 32.56 seconds
2. Alois Pollmann-Schweckhorst (Ger) 32.62
3. Steve Guerdat (Swi) 33.16
4. Ludger Beerbaum (Ger) 33.77
5. Lars Nieberg (Ger) 34.09
6. Hubert Bourdy (Fra) 32.55
7. Rodrigo Pessoa (Bra) 33.12
8. Michael Whitaker (GB) 33.23
9. Nick Skelton (GB) 33.34
Selected others:
=10. Richard Davenport (GB) no time
Selected final qualifying standings:
1. Meredith Michaels Beerbaum (Ger)
2. Rodrigo Pessoa (Bra)
3. Lars Nieberg (Ger)
4. Ludo Philippaerts (Bel)
5. Michael Whitaker (GB)
13. Nick Skelton (GB)
20. Richard Davenport (GB)
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