Allen runner-up

BERTRAM Allen scored a runner-up finish in last Sunday’s five-star 1.50m jump-off at the Global Champions Tour in Rome aboard Noel Delahunty’s Hector van d’Abdijhoeve. A brilliant double clear in 43.94 seconds in the 17-horse jump-off saw Allen collet €18,600 in prize money. Victory went to Belgium’s Niels Bruynseels with Lady Cracotte (0/0 42.72), and Denis Lynch finished in fifth with RMF Bella Baloubet (0/0 45.66). Co Louth’s Mark McAuley guided Eva Lundin’s Miebello to third in Sunday’s 1.45m with a clear round in 57.93 seconds. Frenchman Julien Epaillard took victory in 56.33.