TIPPERARY’S Denis Lynch scored Ireland’s first win at the five-star show in Mechelen, Belgium, on Monday, taking victory in the Grand Prix with Thomas Straumann’s bay gelding Abbervail Van Het Dingeshof.

Lynch, who collected €12,500 for his first place, also saw fellow Tipperary rider Thomas Ryan claim sixth place on Aschwanden Simone’s grey gelding Caribo.