BERTRAM Allen picked up Ireland’s only international show jumping win at the five-star London Olympia Horse Show last week when winning Saturday’s Christmas Tree Stakes with Gin Chin van het Lindenhof.

Twenty two combinations lined out over the 1.55m track with 10 of those making it through to the second round against the clock. Dutchman Harrie Smolders held the lead when he posted a time of 31.14 seconds, but Allen knew what was needed.