The Tipperary native was the only local rider to make it through to the jump-off and recorded one of only seven double clears from the 40-strong startlist.

However, the speed of Toni Hassmann and 'Lolita' left the rest of the field standing in the second round, and the German winner collected the prize purse of 66,500 euro and the Longines trophy.

Earlier Frenchman Roger-Yves Bost won the Dublin Speed Championship with 'Jovis de Ravel', cementing his position as the show's Leading Rider, but the Army Equitation School's Capt. Shane Carey took third place with the Irish-bred 'River Foyle', and collected the Leading Irish Rider Award in the event's closing ceremony.