ATHLONE’S Francis Derwin put on a great performance at the World Cup Show in Oslo, Norway at the weekend, when he won Saturday’s five-star 1.45m Agria Trophy jump-off class on board the 11-year-old mare Parvati AEG, after taking the runner-up spot in Friday’s five-star 1.50m speed class with Flexi K.

The 31 starters in Saturday’s contest produced nine first-round clears, with eight of them managing to keep all the fences standing second time out. Derwin and Parvati AEG stopped the clock in 36.71, just over a second and a half faster than runner-up Kevin Staut (FRA) on Croqsel de Blaignac (who had held the lead in 38.22), with Henrik von Eckermann (SWE) on Glamour Girl just a fraction behind in 38.23 for third.