Grand prix win rounds off good weekend for O’Connor

CIAN O’CONNOR’S education of Rancorrado took a big step forward yesterday when he steered the 10-year-old gelding to victory in the grand prix at Chantilly, France.

The Meath-based 28-year-old had half a second to spare in taking his second win at the four-star show in which he was also named leading rider.

O’Connor, who lines out for Ireland in the Samsung Super League final next Sunday, had a comfortable win with Dermot O’Rourke’s eight-year-old mare Baloufina in the medium tour speed class on Saturday, but was kept off the top in yesterday’s speed class by France’s Eugenie Angot on Ilostra Dark.