KILDARE’S Mikey Pender is certainly on form at the moment and proved that his Grand Prix win at Chard the previous weekend was no accident, when winning the two-star Big Tour 1.45m Grand Prix including Longines Ranking at Chepstow Spring International (Wales and West) in the UK on Sunday.

Pender rode HHS Cornetta (ISH) in the class of 62 starters and was among 12 managing to jump clear in the first round. Only five of those kept all the poles intact in the jump-off, with Pender’s time of 36.32 seconds being the fastest, to secure him the win. The runner-up spot went to Britain’s William Whitaker riding Chacco’s Lando (37.99), who also took second at Chard!