CORKMAN Shane Sweetnam had a sweet victory on Saturday night, as he won the $226,000 Longines FEI World Cup in Lexington (USA) with his exceptional Irish-bred horse, James Kann Cruz to take the top prize of $74,580. This was Sweetnam’s first ever World Cup win.

Out of 28 starters, the pair were one of 11 to jump clear in the first round over fellow Irishman Alan Wade’s course to make it into the jump-off, held in the Alltech Arena in the Kentucky Horse Park – adjacent to Sweetnam’s Lexington summer residence, making the win all the more meaningful.