MIKEY Pender won the four-star Suzuki Grand Prix at the Andalucía Sunshine Tour in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain, last Sunday.

Riding the Irish Sport Horse gelding HHS Calais – a prolific five-star winner – Pender was amazingly the only clear round over the 1.55m track designed by Venezuelan Leopoldo Palacios on the impressive grass arena. Marion Hughes’ 12-year-old gelding by Cavalier Royale was bred by Ita Brennan, whose name features multiple times on these pages this week.