Nineteen-year-old Irish show jumper Bertram Allen got the perfect start at the World Cup final in Las Vegas when winning the opening speed class with Molly Malone V in the early hours of this morning.

Irish show jumpers drove to victory across Europe at the weekend, with Jessica Kurten in the driving seat when claiming a €40,000 Subaru car in the grand prix in Odense, Copenhagen.

Teenage show jumper Bertram Allen yesterday said he was "over the moon" following Sunday’s grand prix victory at the five-star Belgium nations cup show.