Ireland's showjumpers are safely into Friday's team final at Versailles, finishing in sixth place in today's qualifying.
A fine performance from Shane Sweetnam, Daniel Coyle and Cian O'Connor saw them comfortably qualify among the top 10 teams.
Sweetnam was first to jump for Ireland aboard James Kann Cruz and they finished with just one fence down for a four-fault score.
That was followed by a superb clear round from Coyle with the mare Legacy, before Ireland's anchor rider Cian O'Connor and Maurice finished with one fence down and a time fault.
Ireland finished today's qualifier on a total score of nine faults in a combined time of 230.22, which left them in sixth place of the 20 teams that started the competition.
Ireland will be joined in the final by Germany, USA, Great Britain, Netherlands, France, Sweden, Belgium, Israel and Mexico.
Switzerland, Canada and Brazil were among the high-profile teams who have missed the cut for the final.
All 10 teams will start the final on a zero score, with the competition starting tomorrow at 1pm.
Speaking after the event, Sweetnam felt that his horse James Kann Cruz "jumped very well".
"It's a technical course, difficult. It’s what you’d expect first day of the Olympics, cheap rail, but it’s a solid score for the team to start off," he said.
"I think if we can have three rounds like that we’ll be into tomorrow which is the most important thing."
He told RTÉ Sport that being one of the first riders out was "a challenge" because you cannot learn from the experience of others.
"But I’ve done it quite a few times at this stage of my career. There is a process and once you give yourself enough time, you’re fine."
Cian O'Connor emphasised that the main goal was to make it into the top ten today in order to qualify for the final tomorrow.
"The main goal today was really to qualify as a team. Stayed in one piece and the horse performed well and felt comfortable.
"The other lads did a great job going first. Shane's horse went super, just touched one, and Daniel did an amazing clear.
"So, as the competition came to a close, we didn’t want to do anything silly or rush the horse too much because the team that finishes first or tenth are actually back on zero, equal score, tomorrow.
"Today’s thing is all about finishing in that top ten of the 20 teams and we did that today, we finished sixth, so happy," he said.
O’Connor felt he needed to settle his horse, Maurice, down after the home crowd celebrated a rider from their team having a clear round.
"There was a lot of noise. Obviously, there was 20,000 people kicking the ground ... but I just went in a little bit late, kept my fella quiet, just chatted away to him until he settled and he was fine," O’Connor said.
He came close to having a clear round, but he said all that mattered today was advancing to the next round.
"We’ll all be getting our heads together now. Michael Blake and the three of us, three riders, tonight so see what we can do tomorrow and if we can jump three clears tomorrow, we’re in with a shout," O’Connor said.
