IRELAND’S Max O’Reilly Hyland was the winner of the Pony Grand Prix at Wierden in the Netherlands on Saturday, riding ‘Rock Dee Jay’, and seeing off Dutch challenger Megan Laseur by a comfortable two seconds.

IN A 36-strong starting field that boasted some of the world's top riders and horses, Ireland claimed two top ten spots in this afternoon's Longines Grand Prix at St. Gallen in Switzerland. Antrim-born Jessica Kurten took fifth place on 'Lektor' while Cork's Shane Sweetnam had an eighth with 'Amaretto Darco'

TWO more female Irish riders scored Grand Prix successes in Europe this evening (Sunday), with Kilkenny's Marion Hughes winning at Vimeiro in Portugal and Kildare's Nicola FitzGibbon taking fourth at the Bourg En Bresse Grand Prix in France.

IRELAND dropped just one place from their pole position in the world show jumping Superleague after finishing seventh in the third leg of the Nations' Cup series at St. Gallen in Switzerland this afternoon (Friday).

CORK's Billy Twomey is now the third-ranked show jumping rider in the world, according to information announced by the sport's world governing body yesterday evening (Wednesday), with Tipperary's Denis Lynch in fifth place.

IRELAND'S pony team were victorious in the Dutch Nations' Cup at Wierden in the Netherlands today (Thursday) romping home with two fences in hand to beat challengers Belgium, repeating their 2010 success at the same venue.

IRELAND'S Denis Lynch took home his second Mercedes-Benz SLK convertible from Hamburg today (Thursday) after winning the Grand Prix Qualifier - repeating his 2010 success at the same show.

TEAM Ireland Equestrian's show jumping manager Robert Splaine this evening (Thursday) confirmed his team to compete in the third leg of the FEI Nations' Cup Superleague at St. Gallen in Switzerland tomorrow afternoon.

MEATH'S Cian O'Connor continued his run of good form at the five-star show in Rome this afternoon (Saturday) with a fifth place in the day's big jump-off class and a second place in the Puissance.

IN a notable comeback at the Nations' Cup in Rome today (Friday) the Irish show jumping team finished in third position after placing sixth at the halfway mark, and added six points to their Superleague tally to remain best of the world's top eight show jumping nations.