CIAN O'Connor chalked up the first outright Irish victory of the weekend at Geneva's five-star show in Switzerland when decisively winning the Derby competition with Declan McEvoy's bay gelding 'Umberto' this afternoon (Saturday).

THOUGH having one fence down in the opening round, Ireland's Denis Lynch staged a marvellous recovery in the Rolex World Top Ten Final at Geneva in Switzerland tonight (Friday) to finish second overall, and take almost 40,000 euro in prize money.

CORK'S Billy Twomey ended up with 24,000 euro for his fifth place at the rich Paris Gucci Masters Grand Prix in France this afternoon (Sunday), riding the chestnut mare 'Tinka's Serenade', which he co-owns with Sue Davies.

IRELAND'S Cameron Hanley claimed fourth place in this afternoon's (Sunday) Grand Prix at the four-star show in Salzburg, Austria, piloting the Baloubet de Rouet gelding 'Southwind VDL'

SHANE Carey was best of the Irish in tonight's jump-off at Salzburg in Austria when finishing fifth with Steen Bundgaard's nine year-old bay gelding 'Lancero'.

HORSE Sport Ireland announced today (Friday) that Paraic Geraghty has accepted the position of Team Manager and Chef d'Equipe to the Turkish Show Jumping Squad.

BILLY Twomey took a third place in tonight's (Friday) big feature class at the Gucci Masters in Paris, France, riding 'Tinka's Serenade', the chestnut mare he co-owns with Sue Davies.

IRELAND'S Billy Twomey has broken into the top ten of world show jumping rankings for the first time, appearing at number nine in the official list today (Thursday).

IRELAND'S Cameron Hanley put down a marker for the weekend when he won the major class on the opening day of the four-star jumping show at Salzburg in Austria tonight (Thursday).

CIAN O'Connor finished a successful weekend in Stockholm, Sweden this morning (Sunday) with a fifth place in the Grand Prix on 'Splendor', the 11 year-old gelding he owns jointly with Stephen O'Connor.