TWO Irish men finished in the top five of the 41-strong five-star $340,000 Highlands Cup Grand Prix at Amenia on Saturday. Twelve combinations jumped clear in the first round to secure their right to jump again, with five completing double clear rounds. These included Conor Swail on Clonterm Obolensky in fifth in a jump-off time of 46.79 and Shane Sweetnam on the Patrick Connolly-bred CSF James Kann Cruz (ISH) (Kannan x CSF Telly Cruz by Cruising), whose faster time of 42.82 secured a podium place in third. Rene Dittmer (GER) on Corsica X won the class less than a second ahead in 42.01, with Gregory Wathelet (BEL) in second on Ace of Hearts (42.16).

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