Darragh Kenny leads Irish Longines Cup domination in Barcelona

Irish show jumpers showed their class in Barcelona, Spain, yesterday, foremost among them being Darragh Kenny, as they claimed first, second and fourth in the €150,000 Longines Cup.
Darragh Kenny leads Irish Longines Cup domination in Barcelona

The Offaly rider and his compatriots made up half of the field in a six-way jump-off that saw him almost denied on the gelding Go Easy De Muze by Tipperary’s Greg Broderick and MHS Going Global, prevailing by just 17-hundredths of a second for his first five-star grand prix victory.

Another Tipp stalwart, Shane Breen, also produced a clear on Golden Hawk, but was denied a place on the podium by German legend Ludger Beerbaum, aboard Chiara 222.

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