SUNDAY was Michael Pender’s day in Oliva, Spain, as the final week of the Autumn Mediterranean Equestrian Tour 2023 - Tour III was held. Pender and Marion Hughes’ HHS Fortune won the 1.45m Two-phase class with the fastest double clear in a jump-off time of 25.77 seconds. Another Irish man, Michael G Duffy rode Kyara Rock into 11th place in the class, also jumping double clear, but with a slower jump-off time of 29.79 seconds.

Competition got underway on Tuesday, when Michael G Duffy was a joint winner in the 1.35m Seven-year-old class with Cocette du Plevau Z and C’Est Momo. Duffy followed this up on Wednesday in the 1.40m Seven-year-old final with an eighth place on C’Est Momo and an 11th place on Cocette du Plevau Z, while in the MET Seven-year-old Young Horse Champion Trophy, Duffy and C’Est Momo finished sixth.