IT WAS Dermott Lennon who showed the way with a win for Ireland in the first competition on the opening day (Thursday) of Gothenburg's five star show in Sweden.

But fellow Irish rider Jessica Kurten also featured in the following competition with a third place on Lady Georgina Forbes's French-bred 'Miribel d'Auvray'.

Co. Down-based Lennon and Allan Davidson's mare 'Tolett' were third last to go in the day's two-phase competition, and scorched home almost a second ahead of Swedish challenger Niklas Arvidsson.

Kurten and Lennon are joined at Gothenburg by Cork's Billy Twomey, and all three will hope to feature well in both Saturday's Grand Prix and Sunday's World Cup Qualifier.