JONATHAN Smyth rode Noletta Smyth and Roy Craig’s ever-consistent gelding Mulvin Lights Out (Kroongraaf x Diamond Serpent) to the top spot in the 1.35m Bluegrass Grand Prix at the Portmore Autumn Championships last Sunday.

Some 14 of the 34 combinations that lined out for the £2,000 class managed to produce a clear first round to progress to the jump-off. Of the 14, just six posted a second clear round, with Smyth the quickest of these in 34.07 for first place.