Great Britains eventers have given themselves a solid lead after the dressage phase at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after posting two record-breaking scores.Laura Collett, Ros Canter and Tom McEwen lead the way with a collective score of 66.7, while Laura (pictured above) also holds the individual lead on a score of 17.5 and both of these figures are new Olympic records.USA rider David OConnors dressage test at the Sydney 2000 Games riding Custom Made, which scored 19.3, held the individual record for 24 years.The previous best collective team score after dressage was 68.6, set by Australia at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.Team standingsMichael Jung and Chipmunk FRH lie second overnight both individually and as part of the German teamGermany, who were team champions at London 2012 and are seeking a fifth gold in Paris, lies second after dressage. They are 7.4 penalties behind Team GB, the defending champions from Tokyo who are also chasing a fifth team victory.The Rio 2016 team champions, France, are 7.1 penalties behind Germany to sit in the bronze position overnight.Immediately behind the host nation is New Zealand on 83, while Japan occupies fifth on 87.4 and the USA sixth with 88.9.Less than a penalty separates them from the Swiss team, on 89.6 overnight, ahead of Australia (91.5 penalties) team silver medallists in Tokyo the Netherlands (93.7 penalties) and Belgium (100.6 penalties).Team Australia and USA also have four Olympic team golds under their belt to date, which means the fight for a historic fifth team gold is a four-way battle.Individual standingsChinas Alex Hua Tian and Jilsonne Ban Bareel pull off a lovely test for bronze position after dressageLaura Collett and London 52, who were a part of the gold medal-winning team in Tokyo, have a small lead over Germanys Michael Jung.The latter rider who is one of only three eventers to win back-to-back Olympic individual golds, at London 2012 and Rio 2016 piloted Chipmunk FRH to an overnight score of 17.8.Michael is 4.8 penalties ahead of Chinas Alex Hua Tian and Jilsonne Ban Bareel and Australias Christopher Burton on Shadow Man, who share third place overnight on an equal score of 22.Right behind them is Switzerlands Felix Vogg (Dao de LOcean) on 22.1 and then Britains Ros Canter (Lordships Graffalo) on 23.4.Britains Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo, pictured at the first horse inspection, lie sixthStephanie Landois is currently best of the French trio, lying seventh on 24.4 penalties with Chaman Dumontceau.Yoshi Oiwa for Japan occupies eight spot on 25.5 with MGH Grafton Street, while Kiwi Clarke Johnstone (Menlo Park) and Italian Giovanni Ugolotti (Swirly Temptress) round off the top end of the leaderboard, both sharing ninth place overnight on a score of 25.7.Britains pathfinders, Tom McEwen and JL Dublin, currently lie 11th on 25.8 penalties.Ahead to the cross-countryTomorrows cross-country phase will be an exciting day. First out will be Germanys Julia Krajewski the defending individual champion aboard Nickel 21 at 10.30am local time (9.30am British Summer Time).Tom McEwen and JL Dublin lie 11th individually and help Team GB take the overnight leadThe course by French designer Pierre le Goupil is 5,149 metres long and the optimum time is 9 minutes 2 seconds.There are 28 fences in total and 45 jumping efforts (the second number is higher because several fences include multiple obstacles labelled a, b, c and so on).The course runs through wooded areas of the park, along the banks of and even across the Grand Canal. Around 40% of the 800-acre Park of the Palace of Versailles is forestry, and a lot of woodland had to be removed to make way for the course.View the cross-country start listSee the full team standings after dressageRead the full individual standings after dressageAll images (copyright) by FEI/Benjamin ClarkRelated contentHandy Olympic timetables to download plus how to watchParis Olympics eventing form guide: fifth gold for Team GB?Interesting facts about the equestrian venue for the Paris OlympicsOlympic eventing format: how it worksThe post Record-breaking dressage scores earn solid lead for Brits in Paris appeared first on Your Horse.