Twomey wins Dublin jump-off, O'Connor joint first in Puissance
It was three-in-a-row for Ireland at the Failte Ireland Dublin Horse Show today with Billy Twomey and Shane Breen taking outright victory in the first two classes and Cian O'Connor sharing victory in the Puissance.
Breen opened the score with the Accumulator competition, placing his Irish-bred gelding 'Dorada' in first, with the Army's Capt. David O'Brien close behind with another Irish-bred, the Minister for Defence's 'Kiltoom', and Nations' Cup clear-rounder Denis Lynch third with Thomas Straumann's 'Upsilon d'Ocquier'.
Billy Twomey racked up a second Irish victory shortly afterwards in the big jump-off class with Sue Davies's Nations' Cup horse 'Tinka's Serenade' seeing off Spanish challenger Sergio Alvarez Moya by just under a second.
Nicola FitzGibbon rode her bay gelding 'Puissance' into third, with Niall Talbot recording Ireland's third double clear in the competition with a fourth place.
In the last competition of the day, it was Meath's Cian O'Connor and Yves Chauvin's French-bred gelding 'Noctambule Courcelle' who carried the Irish flag through to the podium when finishing joint first in the Puissance alongside Venezuela's Pablo Barrios.
The two riders were the last left standing after the giant wall gradually defeated the rest of the 14 starters, but in the final jump-off with the wall standing at a forbidding 2m15, neither riders was able to jump clear and so shared the 19,700 euro first prize.
Tomorrow sees the Longines Grand Prix dominate proceedings at the RDS show grounds, with €200,000 in prize money on offer.
SHOW JUMPING RESULTS: CSIO5* DUBLIN IRELAND AUGUST 5-8 2010
Land Rover Puissance
International Jumping Competition
Puissance (Art. 262.2)
Saturday August 7, 2010
=1) G And C Sinatra; Pablo BARRIOS (VEN) Faults 0.00/0.00/0.00/0.00/4.00
=1) Noctambule Courcelle; Cian O'CONNOR (IRL) Faults 0.00/0.00/0.00/0.00/4.00
=3) Milord De Kergane; Mark O'SULLIVAN (IRL) Faults 0.00/0.00/0.00/4.00
=3) Cinemax; Neal FEARON (IRL) Faults 0.00/0.00/0.00/4.00
=3) River Foyle (ISH); Capt David O'BRIEN (IRL) Faults 0.00/0.00/0.00/4.00
14 starters
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Dublin Stakes
International Jumping Competition
Table A with Jump off (Art. 238.2.2)
1m50
Saturday August 7, 2010
1) Tinka's Serenade; Billy TWOMEY (IRL) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 42.80
2) Wisconsin 111; Sergio ALVAREZ MOYA (ESP) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 43.77
3) Puissance; Nicola FITZGIBBON (IRL) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 44.20
4) Nicos De La Cense; Niall TALBOT (IRL) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 44.34
8) Kalvinretto; Edward LITTLE (IRL) Faults 0.00/8.00 Time 45.41
9) Tolett; Dermott LENNON (IRL) Faults 0.00/15.00 Time 59.25
46 starters
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D4 Hotels Accumulator
International Jumping Competition
Accumulator with Joker (Art. 269.3)
1m60
Saturday August 7, 2010
1) Dorada (ISH); Shane BREEN (IRL) Points 65 Time 52.23
2) Kiltoom (ISH); Capt David O'BRIEN (IRL) Points 65 Time 52.57
3) Upsilon D'Ocquier; Denis LYNCH (IRL) Points 65 Time 53.14
6) Ulot; David QUIGLEY (IRL) Points 65 Time 62.20
32 starters
