Second place

Tom MacGuinness, managing director of Horseware, placed second in the CEI one-star competition in Trindad, Uruguay, last weekend riding Horseware HB Higor.

Top of the Irish

TIPPERARY’s Kevin Babington was the top Irish rider during the CSIO Nations Cup week and was presented with the Niall Grimes “Cheers” Perpetual Trophy in recognition.

ISH feature

Two Irish Sport Horse mares featured in the $34,000 Nutrena CSIO 1.45m Classic at Wellington, Florida, last weekend. In a class won by Venezuela’s Andres Rodriguez on the 10-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare Fifty Fifty 111 (by Action Breaker), Mexico’s Andres Arozarena was fifth on ISHD Dual Star, a 13-year-old ISH mare by Quickstar while American rider Lisa Goldman was 11th on the eight-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare Merida 8 (by Metropole).

Kerins placed

IRELAND’s Darragh Kerins placed 12th in the $25,000 Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic on David Hopper’s Welcome Cor, a nine-year-old Holsteiner mare.

Dressage double

GERMANY’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and Unee BB made it a back-to-back double when, for the second year running, they came out on top at the Reem Acra FEI World Cup qualifier in Gothenburg, Sweden, last weekend. In 2014, the pair scored 81.350 to pin the host nation’s Patrik Kittel and Toy Story into runner-up spot. However, in the second-last leg of the 2014/2015 series, Kittel had to settle for fourth behind The Netherlands’ Edward Gal and Glock’s Voice, while Germany ruled the roost with Isabell Werth filling second spot with El Santo behind her fellow-countrywoman in pole position on a score of 81.650.

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