IRELAND's Kevin McCarthy added to a wonderful run of top drawer results by Irish riders when he won the $25,000 World Equestrian Center Grand Prix in Wilmington, Ohio, USA, on Sunday evening, sponsored by Voltaire.

Course designer Keith J. Bollotte challenged the starting combinations with a triple bar and two combinations. It proved no difficulty to McCarthy however as he and Catch A Star HSS (Sheraton x Tolinda) stole the blue ribbon near the end of the class, just beating Irishman David O'Brien in a tight finish.