HORSE Sport Ireland has announced details of their continued support of the HSI Chippison Spring Tour 2011. The Tour will run at 14 venues this year, with the action kicking off this weekend (Sunday) in Kildare International.

IRISH riders accounted for another two top five places at the World Cup show in Bordeaux today (Sunday), with Denis Lynch taking the runner-up position in the Accumulator class with 'Lacroix', and Jessica Kurten finishing fifth in the final round of the Ladies' competition, the Prix des Amazones, on 'Fashion'.

IRELAND'S Cameron Hanley took victory in tonight's (Sunday) Grand Prix in Villach, Austria, riding Anna Gkouskova's grey Contender mare 'Chiara 222'.

IRELAND'S Denis Lynch added to his prize money haul at Bordeaux's World Cup show in France this afternoon (Saturday) when he finished third in the speed class with Thomas Straumann's gelding 'Upsilon d'Ocquier'.

JESSICA Kurten took victory in today's (Saturday) Ladies' Competition at Bordeaux's five-star show in France, piloting Ulrich Volkhausen's ten year-old bay mare 'Fashion'.

THIRTY-one year-old Cian O'Connor has been awarded the Leading Rider trophy after finishing second in the four-star Grand Prix at Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates today (Saturday) with the Irish-bred gelding 'Larkhill Cruiser'. O'Connor racked up a total of five second places during the three-day show.

BILLY Twomey collected 15,000 euro for a fourth place in tonight's (Saturday) hotly contested World Cup Qualifier competition in Bordeaux, France, riding the bay stallion 'Je t'Aime Flamenco'.

THIRTY-four year-old Tipperary native Denis Lynch claimed the first Irish victory at Bordeaux's big World Cup show in France tonight (Friday), riding Flaminia Straumann's Westphalian gelding 'All Inclusive NRW'.

TWO Irish riders featured in this evening's (Friday) Grand Prix Qualifier competition at Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates, with Cian O'Connor in second and Marion Hughes in seventh.

CORK's Billy Twomey racked up his second win in 18 hours at the five-star show in Zurich this morning, with victory in the Rolex-ranked Two Phase competition.