BERTRAM Allen stormed to victory this afternoon in the Christmas Masters class at London Olympia. The Wexford rider (21) guided the nine-year-old stallion High Valley to victory after a three-way jump-off in the fifth round of competition.

Allen was joined in the jump-off by Sweden’s Malin Baryard-Johnsson, who finished second with H&M Indiana, and Britain’s Laura Renwick who took third spot aboard Dominant H. Allen collected the top prize of €14,000, while Anthony Condon finished in seventh place with Chinook II.