O'Shea wins Belgian Grand Prix
Sunday, 29 April 2007 23:39Limerick's Paul O'Shea rounded off a very successful weekend for the Irish abroad when he won the Belgian Grand Prix at Lummen.
The 31-year-old rider put a comfortable two seconds between his 10-year-old mount Jor de L'Elnon and the runner-up, Christian Weier from Luxembourg with Carusco.
Ireland's Tholm Keane placed Ronan Tynan's Warrenstown You 2 in ninth place in the Grand Prix tonight, with two fences down in the jump-off.
Irish riders racked up a series of wins and places at a number of
shows in Europe this weekend, including Maubeuge in France, Modena in Italy, and Lummen, Belgium, where the only Grand Prix victory took place.
Lummen Grand Prix
International Competition 1m50 - Final
1) JOR DE L'ELNON; PAUL O'SHEA (IRL) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 39.01
2) CARISCO; CHRISTIAN WEIER (LUX) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 41.26
3) PRISTANNA; DANIEL DEUSSER (GER ) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 41.77
9) WARRENSTOWN YOU 2; THOLM KEANE (IRL) Faults 0.00/08.00 Time 41.60
