SHANE Breen finished off a successful week at the four-star show in Portugal today (Sunday) with a fifth place in the Comporta Grand Prix, riding Ronan Tynan's Irish-bred stallion 'Warrenstown You 2'.

MEATH'S Cian O'Connor maintained his Spanish Grand Prix form tonight (Sunday), when finishing third at Vejer de La Frontera with Ahmed Tolba's chestnut mare 'Splendor' in a ten horse jump-off.

IRELAND'S Breen family took the top three places in this evening's (Saturday) speed class at the four-star show in Comporta, Portugal, competing in a 57-strong field.

THOUGH lowering no fences, Ireland's Denis Lynch narrowly failed to make it through to the jump-off at tonight's (Saturday) rich Global Champions Tour Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar, finishing in fifth place.

BILLY Twomey took Ireland's highest place of the weekend to date when finishing as runner-up in the 1m50 Jump Off class at Doha, Qatar tonight (Friday) with Sue Davies's gifted bay stallion 'Je t'Aime Flamenco'.

THOUGH France dominated the big feature class at the opening day of the five-star show in Doha, Qatar today (Thursday), two Irish riders took top ten places, both recording double clear rounds.

THE Irish-bred gelding 'Larkhill Cruiser' continued its notable run of good form at the Spanish Sunshine Tour tonight (Sunday) when finishing second with Cian O'Connor in the Grand Prix.

MARION Hughes took a third place for Ireland in the Portuguese Grand Prix at Comporta this evening (Sunday), riding Miguel Bravo's Irish-bred Cavalier Royale mare 'HHS Cashmere', with France's Penelope Leprevost the sole zero score in the first round, taking the trophy without a jump-off.

MEATH'S Cian O'Connor once again picked up 7,000 euro in prize money and Rolex ranking points this evening (Friday) on his second week at the annual Spanish Sunshine Tour at Vejer de la Frontera.

DENIS Lynch kicked off the weekend at the four-star German show in Braunschweig with a third place in the opening competition tonight (Thursday).