FOR the second week in-a-row, Kilkenny show jumper Susan Fitzpatrick was runner-up in the two-star Grand Prix in Royan, France, last Sunday.

Riding her top horse, the 11-year-old gelding Verdick de Kezeg, owned by Isabelle de Melo, Fitzpatrick got her week off to an excellent start when winning Thursday’s 1.45m ranking class at the venue.