KILKENNY show jumper Ivan Dalton overcame a huge field of 69 starters to win the 1.50m two-star Grand Prix at Sentower Park in Belgium last Sunday.

Riding the eight-year-old chesnut mare Ajaccienne (Calvaro Z x Benroy), who is owned by Butler Court Stables, he was one of 12 to make it through to the jump-off. Seven combinations again jumped clear in the timed round but none could catch Dalton’s time of 36.01, which earned him €6,250.