AFTER capturing top prizes in Grand Prix events during the spring and summer, Ireland’s Lorcan Gallagher earned the $50,000 Leading Rider Bonus during the 2018 Hagyard Challenge Series.

The Hagyard Challenge series consisted of seven Grand Prix classes held during the 2018 show series at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

The series concluded with the $65,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic during the Kentucky National Horse Show.

Following that exciting competition, Gallagher was announced as the winner of the $50,000 Leading Rider Bonus and presented with the cash prize by representatives of the prestigious Hagyard Equine Medical Institute.

BRIEFS

McAuley placed

COMPETING in the CSI2 * at Nevers, France, Louth’s Mark McAuley took the runner-up place in the 1.45m when he piloted Al Capone Massuere to a clear in 36.66 seconds.

Allens in top 10

LAST Saturday, Wexford’s Bertram Allen and Guinness finished seventh in the seven-year-old class (1.35m), when they incurred four faults in 62.42 seconds. On Sunday, young brother Harry Allen was also in the ribbons when claiming the runner-up spot with Eh Quick Nina in the CSI2* 1.35m, clear in 54.10.