GERMANY’s David Will and Cento Du Rouet took their first career win at Tryon International when winning the $35,000 Horseware Ireland 1.45m Opener at the North Carolina venue on Wednesday, chased all the way by Cork’s Shane Sweetnam and Cornwall who were second in a tight contest.

Will crossed through the timers in 63.12 seconds with the Centin Gungor-owned Cento (Chintan x Balou Du Rouet), while Sweetnam was just fractionally behind in 63.86. Will also accounted for third place with Monodie H, owned by Dietmar Gugler, in 64.47 over a course set by Canada’s Michel Vaillancourt.