The 2025 Dublin Horse Show has come to a close at the RDS in Ballsbridge, where American rider Laura Kraut and the 11-year-old mare Bisquetta emerged as winners of the Rolex Grand Prix of Ireland after posting the only clear round of the competition.
A field of 40 of the world's top horses and riders battled for top spot, but it wasn't until Kraut entered the arena as second last to jump that the audience saw their first and only combination to emerge fault free.
Brazil's Rodrigo Pessoa and Major Tom finished as runners-up, with the fastest of 11 four-fault scores, while Cork's Shane Sweetnam finished best of the Irish in third place on the podium on CSF James Kann Cruz.
Former Olympic and World champion Laura Kraut went 39th of 40 riders and won the Grand Prix with the only clear round on Bisquetta
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Although the Rolex Grand Prix and Friday's Aga Khan eluded the Irish, they did dominate the remaining international competitions at the Dublin Horse Show, scoring no less than eight five-star wins throughout the week.
The penultimate competition in the main arena saw Waterford's Commandant Geoff Curran and DHF Alliance take victory in the Speed Championship. A blistering clear round in 60.57 seconds saw them push Dutch rider Kevin Jochems and Prada Di Costa (61.04) into second, ahead of Brazil's Rodrigo Pessoa in third on Dhalida (61.41).
Sunday morning's action saw Wexford's Bertram Allen and the seven-year-old gelding Next Coret come out on top in the international competition for seven- and eight-year-olds. Cian O'Connor and Pegasus finished as runners-up, ahead of Michael Pender in third on HHS Flonix.
"I'm just so proud of this mare" - Rolex Grand Prix champion Laura Kraut salutes her mount Bisquetta, who produced the only clear round on the day
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Tyrone's Niamh McEvoy's winning run at the Dublin Horse Show continued on Sunday morning as she came out on top in the Six-year-old 'Cruising' National Championship on BP Othello.
A second round clear in 34.35 saw them finish over four seconds faster than the only other double-clear, which came from Vincent Byrne and Belle Mai, while Harry Wood finished third on Juana Moussardiere.
The 5 Year Old 'Flexible' National Championship saw Shane Dalton and Unicum - H take the win, ahead of Tabitha Kyle and Ottani Z in second, and Jack Kent on Castlefield Tycoon in third.
