FOLLOWING a two-year absence, national Grand Prix show jumping returned to Ballinasloe in Co Galway, as the showgrounds played host to the latest round of the TRM/Horseware National Grand Prix League.

With a large contingent of local riders in action, it came as no surprise that a Connaught native took the honours, with Galway’s Thomas O’Brien coming out on top in the €4,000 Bourns Sport Horses sponsored class.