AS WELL as taking the runner-up spot in the TRM/ The Showjumpers Club Spring Tour 1.35m Grand Prix, Galway show jumper Sven Hadley featured very strongly in the Advanced Packaging Machinery 1.20m at Broadmeadow EC last Sunday, where horses owned or ridden by him were responsible for five of the six top placings in the class.

He took the top spot aboard his own 14-year-old Swedish-bred mare Topspin. A second round time of 21.12 seconds saw him finish just ahead of second-placed Paul Carberry riding Louise Halford’s Lissyegan Geoffrey (Hermes De Reve x Captain Clover) in 21.79.