CO Mayo’s Cormac Hanley won the two-star $70,000 Core Specialty Equine Grand Prix at Tyron International in North Carolina, USA last Sunday. In the seven-horse jump-off, Hanley scored victory in a time of 34.80 seconds aboard Heathman Farm LLC’s Santiago VH Netehof.

It was the eight-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding’s first FEI win. “He has been a fantastic horse and is in great form this year. He stepped up to the FEI division in June, and he’s placed in almost every ranking class he’s done,” Hanley said.