WEXFORD’s Bertram Allen recorded a fourth place finish in the five-star Longines FEI World Cup qualifier in Verona, Italy, last Sunday, when victory went to Germany’s Daniel Deusser.

Riding the brilliant 14-year-old mare Molly Malone, Allen (23), the winner of this class in 2014, was one of 14 combinations who made it through to the jump-off and galloped into the lead when sixth to go, in a time of 38.60.