In so doing, the Dutch team also secured the first team spot, out of three, to qualify for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, with Britain claiming the second.

"I feel like I just can’t believe it," said Joyce Heuitink, the Team Netherlands Chef d’equipe.

"It’s been a dream since I started this job six years ago after London 2012 and the gap with Great Britain was so big.

"But every year the gap seemed to be getting closer so we kept working hard and just worked on everything that we can.

"And then you happen to have four amazing riders that do four amazing tests.

"But we were so nervous and thought ‘what if they beat us by just one per cent?"

The Dutch team - Grade II’s Nicole den Dulk, Grade III’s individual champion Rixt van der Horst, Grade IV’s individual champion Sanne Voets, and Grade V’s Frank Hosmar - secured the title with a total score of 223.597 per cent.

Van der Horst, the first of three Dutch riders to go on the final day of the event, scored 73.559 per cent on Findsley.

That left the door slightly open for Britain to catch up if their last two riders, Natasha Baker and Erin Orford were able to score in excess of 73 points.

Baker rode first and was the highest scorer in the grade, with a personal best 74.118 per cent on Mount St John Diva Dannebrog.

Orford, competing at her first global championships on Dior, then scored 69.029 per cent.

In the end the gap between the two countries was just 0.622 of a percentage point.

Heuitink added: "We watched Erin [Orford, Great Britain’s final rider] and said we would not be noisy.

"We gave her good applause and waited to be sure it was on the scoreboard that we were ahead and then her score came up and it was true.

"My team manager went straight to the general store to get champagne.

"I’ve been full of tears for the last two days and I’m afraid I will break into tears when I stand on the podium!"

With the top two spots decided in the first session of the day, the afternoon’s grade I contest turned into a battle between Germany and Denmark for bronze, and the final qualifying spot for Tokyo 2020.

Denmark’s Line Munk Madsen was up first, on Hoennerups Beebob, and scored 73.179 per cent, leaving Germany’s individual bronze medal winner Elke Philipp a target of 73.208 per cent.

Riding Fuerst Sinclair, Philipp scored 74.375 per cent and Germany were on their way to Tokyo 2020 by just 0.150 of a percentage point.

By winning the competition Hosmar and den Dulk picked up their first world gold medals.

Speaking after the ceremony Hosmar said: "We worked hard for it and finally we beat the British.

"Every year we were closer and closer and closer and then, today, we beat them.

“We have freestyle tomorrow so we won’t celebrate too much tonight, but tomorrow night I think we will.”

The Para Dressage competition is due to come to an end tomorrow as the top eight riders and their horses in each of the five grades compete for the freestyle title.