FRESH from winning the $380,000 Grand Prix last week, Kilkenny’s Richie Moloney almost pulled off another win, this time coming second in the $35,000 Douglas Elliman 1.45 Jumper Classic in week 10 of the Winter Equestrian Festival, sponsored by Horseware Ireland.

Victory went to Brazil’s Eduardo Menezes and Caruschka 2 over the course designed by America’s Michel Vaillancourt whose track yielded 17 clears from 63 entries. Twelfth to go in the order, Menezes and Caruschka 2 raced through the early morning fog to clock the winning time of 59.44 seconds.