IRELAND’S Bertram Allen scored another five-star podium finish, when he took runner-up spot in the feature 1.55m speed class at the World Cup show in Verona last Saturday. Allen was riding the nine-year-old gelding Belmonde and took the lead when 13th to jump, posting a time of 62.80 seconds.

Italian rider Emanuele Gaudiano produced a breath-taking round with the Cornet Obolensky mare Cocoshynsky to collect the winners’ prize of €6,000, while the 20 year-old Wexford-born Irishman picked up €5,000 for his runner-up place.