CO Offaly’s Kevin Mealiff was the best place Irish rider in last Saturday night’s two-star $70,000 Marshall & Sterling Grand Prix, the first ‘Saturday Night Lights’ of the 2018 Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida.

Three-time German Olympian Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum romped to victory in the field of 45 entries. Nine riders managed to navigate Oscar Soberon’s track without fault in the first round, with just one Irish rider.