IRELAND’S Denis Lynch took second place in the Winning Round competition at the big five-star show in Aachen, Germany this afternoon (Saturday), pushing Thomas Straumann’s bay stallion All Star 5 across the line in a second round time of 46.75 seconds.

However, the Tipperary rider was just over a second off the pace of German winner David Will and the mare Mic Mac du Tillard (by Cruising), and had to settle for the runner-up prize of 10,000 euro, while Will took home €12,500 for his first place.

Earlier, 19-year-old Bertram Allen also took a second place in the Youngster Cup for seven and eight-year-old horses, riding Ballywalter Farms’s stallion Cheese W Z.

The Wexford teenager failed to catch Germany’s Christian Ahlmann and Casuality Z, who claimed the winner’s rosette with just a quarter of a second in hand.

However, Allen was once again in the ribbons in the later Jump and Drive competition, where he shared first place with Australia’s Boyd Exell for the €5,000 prize.

Allen and Wild Thing L handled the riding stage, while the Australian took the driving section.

Aachen’s much-anticipated €1 million Grand Prix takes place on Sunday afternoon, with the winner taking home €330,000.