IRISH riders made their mark on last week’s four-star Andalucia Sunshine Tour at Vejer de la Frontera in Spain. Galway’s Jessica Burke was one of the successful Irish contenders, taking second in Friday’s four-star Big Tour 1.45m two-phase special class on African Affair. In another top five finish, Burke placed fourth in the day’s four-star Big Tour 1.50m speed class on 15-year-old gelding Express Trend (ISH), owned and bred by Liam Nicholas.

Burke finished on the podium in the one-star final eight-year-old jump-off class, securing third place with the Irish Sport Horse gelding Seapatrick Toulon, bred by Barry McCann, and also ninth place with Romelus de Muze, with fellow Irish riders Emily Turkington on Vanilla placing fifth and Rhys Williams on Clique Royale Z in seventh place in the class.