KILKENNY’s Marion Hughes scored a win at the three-star World Cup show at Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates last weekend, along with several top 10 finishes.

Hughes took top spot in last Friday’s 1.45m speed class with the nine-year-old Lord Z gelding Laith. They edged out German rider David Will and Monodie by just one hundredth of a second, while Co Waterford young rider Jack O’Donohue finished ninth with Le Roi 10. Laith and Hughes also finished fifth in a 1.45m two phase class on the opening day of the show.