Greg Broderick claimed an impressive victory in Sunday’s five-star Grand Prix at Gijon in Spain.
Riding the 11-year-old gelding Westbrook, Broderick recorded the fastest of five double clear rounds after a 12 horse jump-off to take the winners prize of almost €50,000.
His time of 49.52 seconds saw him finish three tenths of a second ahead of French runner-up Mathieu Billot, while Alexander Butler also took ninth place for Ireland with Devine Hero.
Butler, aboard Detko, had earlier completed a hat-trick of wins at the Spanish venue, after coming out on top in the speed class. The pair had recorded a victory in the opening competition on Wednesday and again came out on top 24 hours later.
Broderick and Butler ware part of Michael Blake's Irish team that finished equal fourth in the Gijon Nations Cup on Friday where they were joined by David Simpson and Billy Twomey.
Across the Atlantic, Cork's Shane Sweetnam was in excellent form at the four-star Hampton Classic Show in the USA, capturing the $72,000 Longines Cup for the third consecutive year.
Sweetman guided Kirschwasser SCF to top spot in the jump-off just ahead of American rider Catherine Tyree in second.
David Blake and the Keoki took an impressive fourth place finish in the $300,000 Doha Inc Grand Prix at the same venue.
At the five-star Brussels Stephex Masters in Belgium, Tipperary's Denis Lynch partnered GC Chopin’s Bushi to a fifth place finish in the Grand Prix which was won by Niels Bruynseels (BEL) with Gancia de Muze.
