WHAT a fantastic weekend it was for Ireland at the three-star show at Vejer de la Frontera in Spain. Not only did the Irish show jumping team come out on top of the Nations Cup class at the fixture for the third year in a row, but Jessica Burke won the three-star 1.55m Andalucia Grand Prix, with Francis Derwin not far behind in third.

Team Ireland topped the podium in the three-star €50,000 1.50m Kar Sport Horses Nations Cup competition held at the Andalucia October Sunshine Tour on Friday afternoon. High-Performance Manager Jessica Kurten had selected her team as Derwin on Flexi K (ISH), Burke on Billy Fern, Dermott Lennon on the nine-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding Kinmar Right on Time (Aganix du Seigneur x Kinmar Dancing Queen by Dancing Boy, bred by Gerrard Marron) and Tom Wachman on Do It Easy.