WEXFORD’S Bertram Allen took the showjumping world by storm last weekend when he landed his first-ever Longines FEI World Cup victory at the CSI***** in Verona. Up against 35 of the world’s best combinations, the 19-year-old rider partnered the 10-year-old mare, Molly Malone V in to the winners’ enclosure and picked up €43,750 for his efforts.

This powerful combination has recorded a series of good results this year which includes victory in the Grand Prix at Dublin Horse Show and seventh place individually at the World Equestrian Games.