THE highlight of last week’s show at Old Salem Farm in New York was the $135,000 Old Salem Farm Grand Prix on Sunday and to say the Irish dominated the class would be an understatement! In fact, Irish riders claimed the top four places in the class, between them taking home a staggering $105,300 of the prize fund.

Derry’s Jordan Coyle came up trumps on board Keep Me With You NC to win the class and the $44,550 on offer, while Offaly’s Darragh Kenny showed the talent of his string of horses when claiming both second place on Amsterdam 27 ($27,000) and third on Zero K ($20,250). Philip McGuane took fourth place with Orphea HQ and pocketed $13,500.

In the ribbons

The first of the series of May shows took place at Old Salem Farm in New York from May 6th to 11th and included a number of show jumping classes, running from Thursday, May 8th, with plenty of prize money on offer.

Thursday’s $5,000 1.45m class saw McGuane place 10th on board Donvier.

Friday’s $25,000 Old Salem Jumper class was won by Coyle riding Ariso, with the rider also placing fourth on Action T, followed by Jonathan Corrigan on Tricolor MB in fifth.

Coyle took another two top 10 places in Saturday’s $65,000 Welcome class, taking third place with King Kannan GP to claim $9,750 of the prize money and ninth on Keep Me With You NC to win another $1,300.Sunday’s $40,000 1.45m class saw Kenny in the runner-up position with Diaroubet to take home $8,000, with McGuane placing both fifth on My Lady Van De Krekel ($2,400) and seventh on Paso Doble SCF ($1,200).