WHILE Friday’s five-star 1.50m jump-off class in Doha didn’t see any Irish riders, the Irish Sport Horse DPS Revere (by Hermes De Reve (SF), out of Celerina (AEAS) by Cento (HOLST)), a 12-year-old grey gelding bred by Dara O’Malley in Co Galway, took third place in the hands of German rider Marcus Ehning, when they jumped double clear in a jump-off time of 37.12 seconds.

The class was won by another German, Hans-Dieter Dreher on Vestmalle des Cotis, whose time of 35.13 proved unbeatable.

Top 10 finishes

The five-star Longines Global Champions Tour show at Doha, Qatar ran from Wednesday, February 26th until Saturday, March 1st.

Friday saw Denis Lynch and Mr Boombastic place seventh in the five-star 1.45m two-phase class, jumping double clear in a phase two time of 31.82 seconds.

From a start list of 19, 13 combinations jumped clear to proceed to phase two, where 10 managed to keep all the poles intact for a second time.

The class was won by Abdullah Alsharbatly (KSA) on Alamo in a fast second round time of 26.94. Germany’s Kendra Claricia Brinkop on Surprising Dream SHOZ was runner-up (27.39), while the podium was completed by Mariano Martinez Bastida (ESP) on Origi van’t Geyzeven in third (28.08).

On Saturday, 38 combinations lined up to take on the 1.60m Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Doha; just nine of them jumped clear in the first round to secure their place in the jump-off.

Only four managed to jump clear for a second time, with the fastest of these being Belgium’s Abdel Said on board Bonne Amie, who flew round the shortened track in 38.24 seconds.

Germany’s Daniel Deusser on Gangster v/h Noddevelt was more than a second behind to fill the runner-up slot (39.52), with Abdulrahman Alrajhi (KSA) taking third with Ventago (40.35). Lynch placed seventh in the class with Brooklyn Heights with a pole down in a time of 43.51.