Irish riders stays in the ribbons in Vienna

Irish riders stayed in the ribbons at Vienna's four-star indoor show on Friday, with a series of top-five places.

Tipperary's Shane Breen took a third in the night's feature class, the Vienna Masters, riding his own bay mare Luikka, with fellow Tipperary-born rider Denis Lynch finishing in tenth on the eight year-old stallion Contifex.

The Masters was won by Italy's Emanuele Gaudiano and the Cornet Obolensky mare Cocoshynsky.

Earlier in the day Lynch had also claimed a third place in the two-phase competition aboard Thomas Straumann's gelding Crocant, beaten to the winner's trophy by Switzerland's Pius Schwizer and the Belgian-bred gelding Ulysse.

In the three-star dressage at Vienna, meanwhile, Ireland's Anna Merveldt took the Grand Prix runner-up spot on her own 15 year-old gelding Coryolano, with Germany's Anja Plönzke claiming first place with the 12 year-old Le Mont d'Or.

Vienna's €85,000 show jumping Grand Prix takes place on Monday.

In Toronto, Canada, Co. Down's Dermott Lennon placed fifth in the Top Score competition with Judith Sossick's Irish-bred Limmerick mare Loughview Lou Lou, while closer to home Meath-based Cian O'Connor won Friday night's feature class at the Cavan International Show with the 11 year-old Carpe Diem.