A €57,000 prize for fifth place was Denis Lynch's reward for
making it through to the hotly-contested final of the 2009 Global
Champions' Tour at Doha, Qatar on Saturday.
With 25 qualified combinations whittled down to 18 after Thursday's night's first round, some of the world's top riders battled it out over Conrad Holmfeld's big course in the desert state's capital.
Two riders were able to achieve double clear rounds. The €300,000 first prize went to France's Michel Robert, who shaded Belgian runner-up Jos Lansink by an eighth of a second.
Tipperary-born Lynch, meanwhile, riding Thomas Straumann's gelding All Inclusive NRW, fell foul of the clock in the first round with just one time fault keeping him out of the four-horse jump off.
Ireland's only other contender, Jessica Kurten, failed to make it to
the Final after nine faults on Thursday night, but took consolation
from the €40,750 she collected in prize money from two wins and
other places accumulated before Saturday’s competitions.
