EQUESTRIAN SPORT: Ireland's David Quigley claimed the honours in the San Sebastian Grand Prix in Spain on Saturday evening after finishing third in the earlier speed class.
Quigley won the jump-off for the feature class with Ashdale Futuro for a €6,000 reward, despite collecting nine faults. Tom Davin took third place with Concordeville, with Frenchman Jerome Gachignard second.
Cian O'Connor got a similar financial return for his third-place finish with Waterford Crystal in yesterday's Belgian Grand Prix in Lummen.
Meanwhile at Hickstead, Shane Breen finished second and ninth in Saturday's Speed Derby and third in the two-phase.
Breen's time of 96.16 with Mullaghdrin Gold Rain in the Speed Derby left him just over a second adrift of Britain's Ben Maher, but William Funnell picked up the £30,000 winner's cheque yesterday on board Cortaflex Mondriaan.
Sarah-Kate Quinlivan finished equal 10th on her Derby debut after incurring 16 faults.
Eddie Moloney was also in the money with Chatsworth Dan finishing as runner-up in Saturday's Derby Trophy to British winner Duncan Inglis.
At the German fixture in Hachenburg Cameron Hanley steered Concept into fourth place in Saturday's Grand Prix qualifier, with Jessica Kurten back in eighth with Quibell. Hanley and Kurten went on to finish second and third in yesterday's young horse championship while in the Grand Prix itself, Kurten ended up 14th.
On the national circuit, Clement McMahon has moved to within 13 points of leader Francis Connors in the Boswell Equestrian Grand Prix league after winning in Omagh on Saturday and in Blessington yesterday with Hermes de Reve.
