CORK’S Shane Sweetnam was the best-placed Irish rider in the three-star Grand Prix in Central Park, New York last Friday night, finishing in third place overall with Chaqui Z, while Conor Swail also finished fifth with Simba De La Roque.

Set against the backdrop of the Manhattan skyline, the Wollman ice rink was turned into a jumping arena for the second running of the Central Park Horse Show.