DENIS LYNCH continues to speed on with Night Train, placing second in yesterday’s 1.50m jump-off class at the Global Champions Tour (GCT) show in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands.

JUST one of the nine A samples taken from horses on the domestic circuit that tested positive for a banned substance has been confirmed by a B sample positive, according to ShowjumpingIreland.

HAVING off-loaded his top horses in recent months, Cian O’Connor has seized the moment and is back on the acquisition trail.

FRANCIS CONNORS has been competing at Millstreet Horse Show for “about 35 years”, and is determined to add to his good memories of the Cork event this week.

LAST weekend’s Monte Carlo Global Champions Tour (GCT) contest caused difficulties across the board and Billy Twomey feels it would be unfair to draw conclusions from the performance of any horse, including his own Tinka’s Serenade.

KILTAR ALDO, a chestnut gelding, won the Lee Strand Young Irelander for three-year-olds before a large attendance last Friday night at the Millstreet Horse Show. By the Oldenburg stallion, Aldatus Z, Kiltar Aldo stands at 168cm, is out of Photo Finish, and is owned by Declan Lynskey.

TRAINING in the sport horse sector is to be boosted by an injection of €500,000.

FRANCIS CONNORS had double reason to smile yesterday after winning the €21,000 grand prix and the €10,000 Austin Trumann Steel Boomerang Final at Millstreet Horse Show.

THOLM KEANE has been getting a nice tune out of tenor Ronan Tynan’s horses at this week’s Millstreet Horse Show, but yesterday he was right on song when taking the first of the show’s grands prix with Redmills Warrenstown You 2.

CLEM McMAHON was relaxed as he stood outside arena one at a sunny Millstreet Horse Show yesterday, taking a passing interest in his rivals as they attempted to better his time in the jump-off of a Boomerang qualifier.

THE Boomerang and Centrepoint competitions will once again throw up future champions at this week’s Millstreet Horse Show, even though the format of these prestigious tests has been changed.

HORSE buyers from Britain, other parts of Europe and the US are on their way to Millstreet, Co Cork, for next week’s big show.

GREEN GLENS owner Noel C Duggan, the organiser of what is arguably Ireland’s biggest show jumping event, yesterday confirmed that he is to run independently of the Show Jumping Association of Ireland (SJAI).

IF you wanted to know the truth about show jumping, Millstreet Horse Show was the place to be last weekend. The best of sport combined with the legendary Green Glens spirit for another memorable weekend.

ARMY rider Lieutenant Brian Curran-Cournane notched up his second IJM TimberFrame League grand prix win on Carraig Dubh yesterday at Millstreet Horse Show, having only teamed up with the bay gelding less than two months ago.

MILLSTREET Horse Show is the essence of all that is good in show jumping.

THE Moloney family from Warrington, Kilkenny, were in flying form on the opening day at Millstreet Horse Show yesterday where brothers Richie and Eddie Moloney finished first and third in the 1.30 speed event and their father Tom’s youngster On A Frolic topped the 1.10m class with Linda Ekberg on board.

SHANE BREEN won the €10,000 Calor Gas Grand Prix at the Millstreet Horse Show yesterday, to close the gap on IJM TimberFrame League leader Conor Swail.