Early exit for Lynch

Show jumper Denis Lynch failed to make it to the second round of yesterday’s Rolex FEI World Cup qualifier in Zurich, Switzerland, posting nine faults with All Star.

The result saw the German-based Tipperary native slip to 10th in the Western European League but, with just two legs to go, he is already assured of a place in the April finals in Gothenburg, Sweden.

In a competition that saw 16 of the 39 starters pick up time faults, victory went to Portugal’s Luciana Diniz on Lennox. It was the first World Cup win for the Brazilian-born 42-year-old, who pocketed the keys to a Mercedes car after producing the fastest of three clears in the four-rider jump-off.