TEAM Ireland continued their winning ways at the five-star Nations Cup show at La Baule in France over the weekend, when they took the top spot for the third time, with incredible jumping performances from the Irish riders against world-class opposition.

The Irish were drawn first of the 10 nations to jump and Michael Blake’s team of Bertram Allen with Qonquest De Rigo, Seamus Hughes Kennedy with ESI Rocky (ISH), Tom Wachman with Tabasco De Toxandria Z and Cian O’Connor with Bentley De Sury hit the ground running.