Lynch and Contifex impress

Show jumper Denis Lynch gave further notice of the potential of his up-and-coming stallion Contifex when fourth with the nine-year-old in the Rolex World Cup class in Bordeaux, France, at the weekend.

The Tipperary native was one of 10 to make the jump-off of a hotly-contested penultimate qualifier before April’s final in ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. Third last to go, he produced another nice clear to slot in behind Kevin Staut, who claimed victory on home turf with Silvana HDC.

German-based Lynch has been asking questions of the Cornet Obolensky-offspring in recent months and getting the right answers, including winning a 1.50m accumulator at the World Cup fixture in Geneva, though there was no sign of hyperbole after yesterday’s performance.