Jessica Burke gave a good account of herself at the Morocco Royal Tour at El Jadida over the weekend. She secured a sixth place finish in the CSI4*-W 1.50m Grand Prix qualifier on Friday, riding Express Trend, the 13-year-old bay gelding by Future Trend.

Jessica followed this up with a fourth place in the CSI4*-W 1.50m Winning Round competition on Saturday, with her other mount Nikey HH, a 10-year-old bay mare (Herald Van’T Ruytershof x Upsilon Vd Heffinck).

Burke concluded a worthwhile weekend on the African continent when steering Express Trend into 10th place in the CSI4*-W 1.55m World Cup Grand Prix on Sunday.

Vilamoura ribbons

Alexander Butler claimed the runner- up spot in the CSI2* 1.45m Grand Prix in Vilamoura, Portugal, on Saturday, riding 12-year-old chesnut Pico (Chekhov Pzk x Carrolls Flight), while Seamus Hughes Kennedy and 11-year-old bay Cuffesgrange Cavadora (Z Wellie 72 x Luidam) placed third, less than half a second behind his fellow countryman in the jump-off.

Runner-up spot for Carey in Herning

Shane Carey and Candy (Coventry x King Louie) were runners-up in the CSI2* 1.45m Stutteri Ask Grand Prix in Herning, Denmark. The pair left all the poles intact to finish less than a second behind the winner, Denmark’s own Andreas Schou on board Lady Corlina (Casiro 3 x Corlensky G).

Healy in the line up at Oliva

The Autumn Mediterranean Equestrian Tour at Oliva, Spain, concluded on Sunday with the CSI3* 1.50m Grand Prix. The 45 starters were whittled down to 11 in the jump-off, of which Ben Maher and Ginger-Blue were the fastest to claim the win. Ireland’s Nano Healey wasn’t far behind, however, when he placed fourth with the nine-year-old bay stallion, Oak Grove’s Clown FRH (Cascadello x Balou du Rouet), jumping clear all the way.