MAYO’S Ciaran Nallon concluded a great show at Riesenbeck International’s two-star fixture in Germany last week by winning Saturday’s Final Large Tour 1.45m Grand Prix with the nine-year-old Casalla Blue PS, owned by Beerbaum Stables.

From the 61 starters, 16 jumped a clear first round to proceed to the jump-off, with eight combinations completing without fault. Nallon, who is now based in Germany at Ludger Beerbaum’s yard, and his mount were among these, jumping a speedy double clear in an unbeatable jump-off time of 34.07 seconds. His closest rival was German runner-up Philipp Schulze Topphoff on Corny M (34.78), with fellow German Christian Ahlmann on Applebridge Tag Z placing third in 35.84 - in fact, German riders accounted for second to sixth placings in the class. One of these was Janne Friederike Meyer-Zimmermann who placed fourth with Conor Swail’s former mount, My Lady Lavista. Wexford’s Paraic Kenny finished eighth on board the eight-year-old stallion Ganele De Rie Z, with a steady clear in 40.01.

Placings

Nallon got off to a good start at Riesenbeck International in Wednesday evening’s opening two-star Medium Tour 1.35m speed class, when he rode Forlee into second place with a clear in 60.99, less than 0.3 seconds behind German winner Calvin Bockmann on Diro 9 (60.70). Ireland’s Kellie Allen and Faery Queen placed 10th in the class in 69.35.

Nallon and Ogana Sitte Sr won Thursday’s one-star Young Horse six and seven-year-old 1.25m/1.30m two-phase special class, with a double clear in a phase two time of 27.21.

The two-star Medium Tour 1.40m speed class saw Emma O’Dwyer placing fourth on Dougie Drea in a time of 59.73, while Nallon placed ninth in the one-star Small Tour 1.30m speed class with Little Special In Red M (73.82).

The one-star Light Tour 1.20m speed class saw James Connors Smyth and Conrad 182 placing fifth in 63.75, followed by Nallon on Ogana D in 10th place (70.11). German winner Clara Blau on Clara 233 rode a very fast round to stop the clock in 54.77.

Nallon then steered Little Special In Red M into fourth place in Saturday’s one-star Final Small Tour 1.35m two-phase class in a phase two time of 28.17 - just over half a second off the winning time of Marriet Smit-Hoekstra (NED) on Lemonade Tn (27.64). The one-star Final Light Tour 1.25m two-phase class saw James Connors Smyth and Conrad 182 in the runner-up position in a second phase time of 26.70. German winner Carlotta Merschformann on Laetita 92 was not going to be caught when recording a time of 21.94.