With two wins at Drachten in The Netherlands and a third place in the big five-star show in Basel, Switzerland. Irish riders also featured in the early classes at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida.

His third place in the Golden Drum of Basel jump-off class on Thursday night was enough for Denis Lynch to win €10,000 on Thomas Straumann’s bay stallion All Star. He finished just three-quarters of a second off the pace of Belgian winner Gregory Wathelet and Conrad, who claimed the first prize of €16,600.