BERTRAM Allen scored a second-place finish in Saturday’s 1.60m Global Champions League class aboard GK Casper, but there was no Irish presence at
the top of the Grand Prix podium when victory went to USA’s Jessica Springsteen.

Allen, who is a member of the third-placed Valkenswaard United team, was riding as an individual in Saturday’s class. First into the arena, he picked up the pace as the round progressed, and a forward distance to the penultimate oxer, followed by a careful jump over the last wavy planks saw him break the beam in 69.41 seconds.