Single errors for both Denis Lynch and tyro Bertram Allen kept the Irish duo out of the shake-up in the grand prix in Lyon, France, yesterday.

Aoife Clark continues to tap into a rich vein of form, giving Ireland its best ever result at the World Breeding Championships for Young Eventing Horses in Le Lion d’Angers, France, when second on Fernhill Adventure in the class for seven-year-olds.

Irish show jumpers notched up a hat-trick in Barcelona at the weekend, while 10th place for Denis Lynch in the penultimate leg of the Global Champions Tour in Vienna has left the Tipperary rider fourth on the leaderboard.

IT may be a long-shot, but Conor Swail feels he is justified in having one eye on the two individual Olympic places up for grabs after placing second with Lansdowne in the World Cup contest in Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday night.

THE World Cup’s Western European League begins this weekend in Oslo, and Denis Lynch is taking a different approach to last year.