CO Meath endurance rider Amy McAuley finished fourth in last Friday’s CEN 100km Sheikha Fatima bint Mansoor Al Nahyan Ladies Cup race in Abu Dhabi.

Some 122 participants started and it proved to be extremely competitive. A total of 54 combinations completed the race with 68 being eliminated. Riding F3 Stables’ Alesha, McAuley held her position within the top 10 throughout the four loops of the race. She headed out on the last 16km loop in ninth and rose to fourth place, finishing with an average speed of 28.9 km/ph just one minute after the winner.