Britain’s Bob Ellis set the speed track for 70 entries and 20 clear rounds were recorded. America’s Beezie Madden and Vanilla set the pace early on in 67.19 seconds, but eventually finished third.

Kenny and Postage Stamp Farm LLC’s Prof De La Roque improved on the time in 65.62 and held the lead for 40 rounds before Sweetnam and Cyklon 1083 cleared the course a full second faster in 64.62 for the win.

“He has had a good week,” Sweetnam stated of the 13-year-old Swedish Warmblood stallion by Cardento. “He was unlucky not to win the class on Wednesday, but McLain did a great job. There was one place that I thought I lost time and McLain definitely took advantage of it.

“Today I watched a couple go. I didn’t get to see Darragh go, but it looked like a fast time, especially since I saw Tiffany (Foster) go and she was really moving. I had a plan and he did a great job. We stuck to the plan and we executed it as well as we could.

“He is a very quick horse rolling back on the jumps,” Sweetnam continued. “Bob Ellis normally likes to have a lot of rollbacks, even in his Grand Prix courses, so it definitely played to my advantage with him. You can really turn back tight with Cyklon and he always tries to leave the jumps up.”

Darragh Kerins steered D Elia Van Het Molenhof to finish ninth with a clear in 72.68.

Sweetnam was referring to his second placing in last Wednesday week’s $34,000 Spy Coast Farm 1.45m speed class, which was won by McLain Ward on Wings.

Ellis set the track for the 67 starters, 17 of whom produced clear rounds.

Ward and Wings secured the victory with a clear in 58.82, which was fractionally faster than Sweetnam’s time of 59.04 on Cyklon 1083. Kenny (Prof De La Roque) was third in 59.26, while American rider Peter Wylde (Wiesielottie) finished fourth in 60.52. Irishman Ronan McGuigan slotted into fifth place on Capall Zidane in 60.67.

Britain’s Ben Maher was victorious in two of the week’s feature classes, most notably last Saturday’s five-star $370,000 Rolex FEI World Cup Grand Prix. Seven of the 45 starters progressed to the jump-off, where six double clears were recorded.

Maher was fastest of those on the 12-year-old mare Cella in 35.30, while Scott Brash completed a British one-two in 35.70 on Ursula XII.

Last Thursday, Maher shared victory with Canada’s Tiffany Foster in the $125,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 5. Divided due to the large number of entries, the competition awarded two sets of placings, each with $125,000 distributed.

In his section, Maher was successful on Urico with a double clear in 43.44 that put him ahead of Reed Kessler (Ligist) in 44.11. Eric Lamaze slotted into third on Zigali P S in 44.93, while Ireland’s Cian O’Connor was fourth on Adena Springs’ nine-year-old Quidam’s Cherie in 46.02.

Kevin Babington got his name on the board at last week’s show when fourth in a 1.45m jump-off on Shorapur, who was double clear in 31.93. Victory in the competitive class went to Andres Rodriguez (Darlon Van Groenhove) in 31.36.

Darragh Kenny clocked up a host of good results, headed by victory in a 1.30m jump-off on Toubon Du Biolay with a double clear in 39.94. That left him just in front of Todd Minikus (Arino Du Ruet) in 39.97. Kenny was also 10th on Dakota VDL with four faults in 45.06.

Kenny was also in the top-10 twice in a 1.40m jump-off, finishing third on Sans Souci Z with a double clear in 37.05. He was also 10th on Picolo in 40.35, while Shane Sweetnam was fifth on Mimosa in 37.44 and Babington was 11th on Cord 11 in 41.55. Katie Prudent (Onisha) won in 36.47.

Riding Picolo, Kenny was seventh in a 1.40m speed, while he was also fourth in a 1.35m jump-off on Chin Quidam VDL. Meanwhile, Sarah Kerins partnered Hot Wheels to finish fifth in a 1.40m speed class.