The clock put a stop to show jumper Denis Lynch’s challenge in the €285,000 Longines Global Champions Tour class in Wiesbaden, Germany, on Saturday, a single time fault in the second round with the stallion All Star 5 denying him a place in the third-round decider.

Ireland show jumping manager Robert Splaine says that as a “pragmatic” manager he had no qualms in allocating the World Cup slot in Geneva to Denis Lynch at the weekend.

SUCCESS eluded the three Irish riders in Saturday’s Global Champions Tour final in Abu Dhabi, with Billy Twomey coming out best in 13th.