TIPPERARY’s Trevor Breen returned to his lucky hunting ground in Hickstead last Sunday to win the All England Grand Prix for a second time, this time with his wife Caroline’s Bombay II.

Having previously won the class with his Hickstead Derby winner Adventure de Kannan in 2012, Breen claimed this year’s feature class at the four-day national show with the 10-year-old Belgian bred mare by Lord Z, posting a time of 48.91 seconds, nearly three seconds ahead of his nearest rival.

The British-based rider was the fastest of 12 combinations against the clock and took a flyer to the final Hickstead planks to secure the £2,000 and, most importantly, the loan of an Avant loader.

“My plan was to go as fast as I possibly could to make sure I wasn’t beaten on time,” said Breen, who had a nervous wait with several riders still to follow him against the clock.

“I got a real flyer to the last. A few times recently I have had really fast rounds on her and I have steadied up to be careful to the last and she has had it down. I think she is better to just keep going at that rhythm, so I trusted her and she did it, so I am delighted,” he added.

Breen has recently relocated from Buckinghamshire, where they were based at Caroline’s home yard, to West Sussex, just a stone’s throw from the Hickstead showground and his brother Shane, who is based there with his wife Chloe.

With the horses just moved in last week and the finishing touches being put on the yard, Breen was delighted to win the loader.

“I am absolutely on a high about the prize, I would really like to thank Avant for their sponsorship of the class. I have been looking at their machines for about two years now at shows, but couldn’t afford one. I said to myself coming in here that I am going to win the prize today, and thankfully I did!”

Britain’s Ben Walker finished second place in a time of 51.88 seconds with Roulette H, ahead of Robert Whitaker and Cash Sent.