SWEDEN proved a very happy hunting ground for Cork’s Shane Sweetnam at the weekend, as he and his super-talented equine partner, the 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding James Kann Cruz, triumphed in Falsterbo’s €500,000 1.60m Rolex Grand Prix.

The class was the crescendo of the show and saw 50 of the world’s most accomplished show jumpers on the start list. Of those, 14 combinations jumped clear over German course designer Frank Rothenberger’s first-round track, with 12 proceeding to jump again. Seven combinations managed to keep all the fences intact second time out, with Germany’s Richard Vogel on Cloudio setting the time to beat at 38.63.