Quinlivan leaves rivals in her wake

SHOW JUMPER Sarah-Kate Quinlivan went one better at Newcastle West in Limerick yesterday, when winning the Spring Mount Grand Prix, having finished runner-up last year.

The Kanturk woman, aboard Billy Daly’s ever-consistent Newmarket Girl, exercised little restraint when third to go in the 12-horse jump-off, her all-or-nothing tactics paying dividends as her rivals fell well short of her time of 30.92 seconds.

The only serious threat came from Francis Connors, the Waterford rider breaking the beam in 32.60 on Francis Mangan’s Auto Cruz to finish second.