LOUTH’S Mark McAuley was in winning form in Gijon, Spain last week, when taking the top spot in the four-star 1.50m power and speed class on board the talented 10-year-old gelding Fury Nocturne. The pair jumped a perfect double clear and stopped the second-phase clock in 32.39 seconds for the win.

Thursday’s two-star 1.45m class saw McAuley ride Destinee de Vains into fourth place out of 58 starters, with a clear round in 69.95 seconds. Saturday saw Harry Allen riding Ella Gold 3 to a podium finish in the one-star six and seven-year-old 1.30m/1.35m class when a clear round in 64.94 secured them third place.

McAuley was back on the podium in the two-star 1.45m Grand Prix, when taking the runner-up spot with Destinee de Vains from a start list of 58. The pair jumped double clear and stopped the jump-off clock in 38.95 seconds. Allen rode Calculatus into seventh place in the four-star 1.45m speed class and was back on the podium in Sunday’s one-star six and seven-year-old 1.30m/1.35m jump-off class, when placing third with Ella Gold 3. Meanwhile, the four-star 1.45m class saw McAuley placing 10th with Fury Nocturne.