CORK’s Shane Sweetnam was back in the USA last weekend and made good use of the trip when winning the $132,000 U.S. Trust and Bank of America Merrill Lynch Grand Prix at the three-star show in Tryon Equestrian Centre.

Splitting his time between Europe and America this summer, as he is on Division 1 Nations Cup duty with Chaqui Z and Indra Van De Oude Heihoef, Sweetnam raced to victory in the feature class of the week aboard Main Road (Heartbeat x Irco Marco) to collect $43,500.