CORK’S Shane Sweetnam and James Kann Cruz (ISH) secured a runner-up finish in the first leg of the North American league of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup season for 2026/2027, which kicked off on Sunday, with the five-star $340,000 1.60m Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Traverse City for the American Gold Cup.

The class saw only five of the 37 starters jumping clear over Alan Wade’s (IRL) challenging first-round course within the tight time allowed to make it through to the jump-off. With one of those, Charlotte Jacobs (USA), withdrawing, four were left to compete for the bulk of the prize money.