IN the national classes during week eight of the Winter Equestrian Festival, there were plenty of Irish riders with top results.

Cork’s Shane Sweetnam, part of the Irish team that finished second in Friday’s Nations Cup, won Thursday’s 1.45m jump-off class with the nine-year-old Madiba AG Z (Mylord Carthago x VDL Corland). The grey stallion posted the fastest of just three clears in the six-horse jump-off in a time of 36.28 seconds to earn €7,500.