Denis Lynch produced Ireland's most significant result of 2008's last major show jumping event when he finished fifth in the Rolex World Cup competition at Mechelen tonight.
Tipperary-born Lynch attended the Belgian show alongside Shane Breen, a competitor from the same county, but neither man tasted outright victory during the end-of-year venue's four days of competition.
However, Lynch's fifth place tonight on Flaminia Straumann's bay
gelding Nabab's Son proved a worthy consolation prize for the 32-year-old rider, gaining him valuable World Cup points from the show's signature contest, along with a prize purse of €7,700.
Breen was not so fortunate, faulting three times and also collecting a time penalty in tonight's first World Cup round with Carmel Ryan's Carmena Z, but did pick up some prize money on Monday with a fourth place riding Milord d'Elle in the Mechelen Six Bar. Lynch was also eighth in the 1m40 jump off earlier today with Abbervail vh Dingeshof.
SHOW JUMPING RESULTS: CSI3* MECHELEN BELGIUM
26-30 DECEMBER 2008
ROLEX FEI WORLD CUP
Presented by LAND ROVER
Table A 1m60 with one jump off
FEI Art. 238.2.2
Tuesday 30 December 2008
1) CAVALOR'S WINNINGMOOD; Ludo PHILIPPAERTS (BEL) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 38.53
2) PEU A PEU; Daniel ETTER (SUI) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 38.90
3) LORENZO; Christian AHLMANN (GER) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 40.60
5) NABAB'S SON; Denis LYNCH (IRL) Faults 0.00/4.00 Time 40.21
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