CO Clare’s Philip McGuane took the top spot in the three-star $5,000 two-phase class at Lake Placid Horse Show in New York on Thursday, when steering My Lady Van De Krekel to a double clear round in a second-phase time of 32.32.

Runner-up Beat Mandli (SUI) was agonisingly close with Qoachella, when he stopped the clock a mere one-hundredth of a second behind in 32.33! From a start list of 43, 25 jumped clear first rounds to proceed to the jump-off, where 14 kept the fences intact.