Treble puts paid to Irish hopes

Equestrian: The treble put paid to Irish hopes in yesterday’s Gucci Masters Grand Prix in Paris, France, forcing out Cameron Hanley and Jessica Kürten in the first round.

Mayo rider Hanley and the nine-year-old gelding Living The Dream lowered the second element, while also picking up a single time fault in the €350,000 contest.

Kürten and Arezzo VDL — the chestnut stallion that carried her to victory in October’s Odense GP in Denmark — also knocked the middle element, but fell foul of the third element as well.