CAMERON Hanley recorded Ireland’s best result of the current European World Cup season, when he finished fourth in the fifth leg of the Longines series at Stuttgart in Germany last Sunday.

Riding the 11-year-old mare Z Acodate DDL, Hanley was one of just five riders to jump clear in the opening round, as a host of the world’s top stars struggled to find the key to a course designed by Belgium’s Luc Musette.