IT WAS 26 year-old Army rider Lt. Michael Kelly who took the honours at Cavan today (Sunday) in the eighth leg of the HSI Chippison Grand Prix Tour with a win on the Minister for Defence's Irish-bred grey gelding 'River Foyle'.

WITH Jessica Kurten confirming her position as favourite to win April's Rolex FEI World Cup Final in Geneva after a second place finish in the Netherlands today (Sunday) put her at the top of the Western European League, Ireland now has three contenders bidding for show jumping's elite prize.

A FREE live webcast will be available of tonight's (Saturday) World Cup Grand Prix at Wellington, Florida, where three Irish riders - Kevin Babington, Shane Sweetnam and Darragh Kenny - will be competing. The competition starts just after midnight Irish time, and is available HERE

BILLY Twomey rounded off a good week at the Spanish Sunshine Tour when finishing fourth on a double clear round in today's (Sunday) Grand Prix with Sue Davies's chestnut mare 'Tinka's Serenade'. he Cork-born rider was almost three seconds slower in the ten horse jump-off than French winner Michel Robert with 'Kellemoi de Pepita'.

JOHN Floody and Young Rider Blayne Sheehan were the winners in the sixth and seventh legs of the HSI Chippison Spring Tour today, with Floody scoring decisively at Kernan's Equestrian Centre in Crossmaglen and Sheehan taking the honours at Maryville.

OMAGH, Co. Tyrone-based Edward Little was best of the Irish in this evening's (Sunday) four-star Grand Prix at Comporta, Portugal, finishing fourth with David Prentice's ten year-old grey Dutch-bred gelding 'Kalvinretto'.

IRISH riders and horses swept through tonight's (Saturday) speed class at Comporta in Portugal, with Conor Swail accounting for both first and fifth places and Tholm Keane taking third.

NINE combinations from a starting field of 37 made it through to the St. Patrick's Day jump-off in the HSI Chippison Grand Prix at Broadmeadows Equestrian Centre in Co. Meath this afternoon, but it was 20 year old Young Rider Frank Curran who escorted his father John's gelding 'Pepp' into the winner's enclosure.

SHOW Jumping at Comporta in Portugal moves up a gear to four-star level this weekend, and Team Ireland Equestrian is represented by twelve riders, including World No. 15 Jessica Kurten with five horses and former World Champion Dermott Lennon, who will line out with four.

WITH eleven through to the jump-off at Braunschweig's Grand Prix in Germany this afternoon (Sunday), it looked like Ireland's Denis Lynch had a good chance of snatching the first prize of a Volkswagen car when he went clear with 'Abbervail van het Dingeshof', but his stay at the top of the leaderboard was short-lived.