Brennan wins in Oliva

AT the two-star Autumn Mediterranean Equestrian Tour in Oliva, Spain, Kilkenny’s Eoin Brennan rode Augustus Z, owned and bred by his father Tim, to win the 1.45m Grand Prix qualifier on Friday.

There were 71 starters in the class, 22 of whom jumped clear rounds, with Brennan clocking the fastest of the clears, stopping the clock in 62.54 seconds, over two seconds ahead of British runner-up Graham Babes on Monks I Am Casall (64.62).

Swail placed in Mexico

DOWN’S Conor Swail was back in action at San Miguel de Allende as the Mexico Fall Tour continued last week, after his great success the week before.

Three-star classes kicked off on Thursday and the 1.40m two-phase saw Swail claiming two top-10 placings, when he was ninth and 10th with Vago Chin VT Willebeke Z and Chactensky PS respectively.

Swail rode Theo 160 into second place in the 1.50m RNK Playdoit jump-off class later in the day from a start list of 32.

Connors Smyth on a roll

RIESENBECK International in Germany held a two-star show last week, with numerous Irish riders in attendance and a number of them taking home ribbons.

The two-star 1.45m Large Tour class saw Michael Duffy take second place on board Camina Z (59.95), finishing just 0.1 seconds behind Dutch winner Hessel Hoekstra on Stargos VDL, who stopped the clock in 59.85. James Connors Smyth placed seventh on Coffee Shock, when clear in 64.33.

Connors Smyth also placed seventh in the one-star 1.30m Small Tour class, this time riding Havanero Blue, with a clear round in 66.87. The rider then placed ninth in the two-star 1.45m Large Tour class with Coffee Shock.

The one-star 1.30m Small Tour class saw Connors Smyth claiming two more top-10 placings, when he rode Wilma SEM into third place and Havanero Blue into 10th. Connors Smyth was on a roll and placed fourth in the one-star 1.35m Small Tour final with Havanero Blue, followed by Shane Dwan on Teneur van den Ham in seventh.

Allen placed in Kronenberg

BERTRAM Allen on Danger 76 were fifth in the two-star 1.45m Grand Prix at Peelbergen Equestrian Centre at Kronenberg in The Netherlands.

Just seven of the 40 starters jumped clear in the first round, with only three of them completing double clear rounds. Allen picked up an unfortunate four faults in the jump-off in a time of 40.49 to claim fifth place.

Dreeling third in Samorin

CIARAN Dreeling on Castello Z were third in the two-star 1.45m Grand Prix at Samorin in Slovakia.

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