Lynch second in La Coruna Grand Prix

Denis Lynch was the top Irish earning show jumper at the weekend, scoring a second place in Saturday’s Longines Grand Prix in La Coruna, Spain, with All Star 5 to pocket €100,000.

The Tipperary rider had the advantage of being last to go in the 12-horse jump-off, but fell short by just under two seconds of the target set by Dutchman Leopold van Asten and VDL Groep Zidane.

Lynch followed up yesterday with a similar result in a speed class aboard Songe de Toscane, while fellow Tipperary rider Shane Breen scored a victory in a jump-off class on Friday aboard the nine-year-old stallion Farao van’t Vennehof to collect €30,000.