Jack Dore rounded off an excellent Pony campaign to date in Hagen, Germany at the weekend by winning the Grand Prix with K-Little Hero.
Fresh from helping the Irish team to a runner-up finish in the Nations Cup having jumped double clear, Dore and the pony owned by his father Carl repeated the feat to come home top of the pile on Sunday afternoon.
Dore and K-Little Hero were one of 11 combinations to compete in Sunday’s jump-off having jumped clear, including compatriot Robbie Sheehan with Pjotr van de Groeunheuvel.
The pair were magnificent in the jump-off, going clear and stopping the clock in 41.22 seconds, over a second faster than runner-up Viggo Bergstrand from Sweden, on the Irish Sport Horse Corbeagh Legend.
It was a deserved win for the Limerick teenager, and he said: “I was very happy to win the Hagen Grand Prix because it’s a tough one to win.
“I don’t have my pony too long really, I only got him late last year but we clicked together the minute I rode him, which helps a lot. He’s very good and I was delighted to have jumped double clear in the Nations Cup and the Grand Prix.”