TIPPERARY’s Denis Lynch can begin his preparations for the Longines FEI World Cup Final in Las Vegas following a sensational victory in Sunday’s 11th leg in Leipzig, Germany.

Following a sixth place finish the week previous in Basel, Lynch and Onyx Consulting Ltd’s 14-year-old gelding GC Chopin’s Bushi came out on top after a hugely competitive 18-horse jump-off to earn €40,000 and leap to fourth place overall on the Western European League leaderboard, from which the top 18 will earn a place at the final in April.