AN exceptional Grand Prix at the five-star Global Champions Tour under the Eiffel Tower in Paris last weekend saw Bertram Allen finish second on the podium behind the Irish-bred mare Suma’s Zorro and Sameh El Dahan.

Allen produced the opening clear round of the feature class aboard the brilliant Molly Malone, and another 10 followed suit in a star studded line-up which included world number one and two, Harrie Smolders and Peder Fredricson, respectively, and the league leaders Edwina Tops Alexander and Ben Maher.