Wexford’s Bertram Allen and the grey mare Molly Malone V produced a stunning performance at the five-star show in Hamburg, Germany today, winning the five-star 1m55 Mercedes-Benz Championat against a field of the world’s top riders.

Bertram Allen’s philosophy heading into this weekend’s World Cup finals in Las Vegas is fairly straightforward: Do your best and see where it takes you, writes John Tynan.