Thomas Ryan gives Ireland second win in Basel

Thurles show jumper Thomas Ryan gave Ireland its second win at the five-star show in Basel, Switzerland, at the weekend after Cork’s Billy Twomey provided the opener.

Ryan, who has based himself in Switzerland for the past nine years, saddled up Simone Aschwanden’s grey stallion Caribo and was third last to go of 47 starters.

In a performance that had spectators on their feet, he shaved over a quarter of a second off the target set by Brazil’s Marlon Modolo Zanotelli and the 11-year-old mare Malou.