Seventeen year-old Alex Duffy beat off the challenge of the more experienced Shane Breen for runner-up spot in Saturday’s Speed Derby at Hickstead, England.
Duffy, from Ballina in Mayo, was on board Breen's former ride ‘Iris
du Bateau’, and broke the beam just fractions of a second ahead of the 32 year-old Tipperary rider, who was piloting ‘Royal Concorde’.
The class, which was won by Britain's Ellen Whitaker, also saw
Tyrone's Peter Smyth take fifth place on ‘Zara's Pride’, while Ronan McLaughlin from Donegal was placed sixth with Illinoise de Cabdula’.
Shane Breen also captured an eighth place earlier at Hickstead in the Derby Trophy, riding ‘Dorada’.
SHOW JUMPING RESULTS: CSI4* HICKSTEAD (DERBY) 28 JUNE - 1 JULY 2007
THE BUNN LEISURE SPEED DERBY
CLASS 167
Saturday 30th June 2007
1) HENRI DE HERNE; Ellen Whitaker (GBR) Time 97.65
2) IRIS DU BATEAU; Alex Duffy (IRL) Time 103.59
3) ROYAL CONCORDE; Shane Breen (IRL) Time 103.92
5) ZARA’S PRIDE; Peter Smyth (IRL) Time 105.06
6) ILLINOISE DE CABDULA; Ronan McLaughlin (IRL) Time 107.07
28 starters
THE FALCON EQUINE FEEDS DERBY TROPHY
CLASS 164
Saturday 30th June 2007
1) CASINO; John Whitaker (GBR) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 47.74
2) CORTAFLEX KANSELIER; Ellen Whitaker (GBR) Faults 0.00/4.00 Time 41.28
3) MURKA’S JOHNNY JUMPER; Peter Charles (GBR) Faults 0.00/4.00 Time
44.51
8) DORADA; Shane Breen (IRL) Faults 8.00/-
