Denis Lynch and Cian O'Connor continued to dominate Irish show jumping results this weekend when 32 year-old Lynch added another top ten place tonight (Saturday) at the three-star show in Dortmund, Germany.
Riding his new horse, the world-ranked All Inclusive NRW - which was bought for the Tipperaryman by his Swiss owner Thomas Straumann earlier this month for a reputed seven-figure sum - Lynch took sixth place in the 1m50 Winning Round competition at Dortmund.
In the competition, which allows the best ten riders from the first
round to jump against one another for the trophy, Lynch recorded a clear round first time out, but dropped a single pole on his second attempt.
Lynch has already had a fourth place in Dortmund's Grand Prix
Qualifier with his other top horse, Lantinus.
In Italy at Arezzo's four-star show, meanwhile, Cian O'Connor took a third place in the Grand Prix Qualifier today with Complete.
SHOW JUMPING RESULTS: CSI3* DORTMUND GERMANY MARCH 25 – 29 2009
International Jumping Competition
Jumping Competition with Winning Round
Table A 1m50
FEI art. 276.2
Saturday March 28 2009
1) BMC van Grunsven Whisper; Jeroen Dubbeldam (NED) Faults 0.00/0.00
Time 33.57
2) Ude; Willem Greve (NED) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 33.98
3) Cornet Obolensky; Marco Kutscher (GER) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 39.54
6) All Inclusive NRW; Denis Lynch (IRL) Faults 0.00/4.00 Time 33.79
41 starters