O’Connor has time on his side

The clock was on the side of show jumper Cian O’Connor’s on Friday night, when he landed the Gain/Alltech Autumn Grand Prix League at Cavan International Show.

The Meath-based rider missed out by two-hundredths of a second to force a jump-off for gold in the London Olympics, but claimed the Autumn League title by half that time in a thrilling finale.

Eddie Moloney had won the preceding two grand prix to join O’Connor at the top of the leaderboard as they headed west for their showdown.