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.

The unfolding of the Blessington Super League Grand Prix yesterday saw the league’s top two forced to give way to third-placed Harry Marshall.

BLYTH TAIT kept his cool at a balmy Punchestown yesterday to claim a brace of victories, as Niall Griffin lifted Irish spirits with a third to the former world champion in the feature Olympic-format event.

CONOR SWAIL’S victory in the Dairygold Grand Prix at Millstreet over third-placed Edward Doyle last Sunday has ensured a mouth-watering finish to the SJAI indoor league at Cavan International Show this weekend.

“HE felt as good as ever,” were the words of Conor Swail yesterday after he won the Dairygold Grand Prix at Millstreet on Windgates King Koal, a horse lucky to be alive.