IN a fitting end to the gelding’s 10-year top flight jumping career, Abbervail Van Het Dingeshof bowed out in style with a win at the five-star show in Basel, Switzerland last Saturday night with his long-time rider Denis Lynch.

The 16-year-old gelding by the sire NonStop out of a Jus De Pomme dam, has been a key member of Lynch’s string for over a decade, with numerous Grand Prix wins, while the pair also represented Ireland on Nations Cup duty on a number of occasions.