SLIGO’S Richard Howley made his long trip to Mexico worthwhile, when he won the five-star €300,000 1.60m Grand Prix at Coapexpan in Mexico on Sunday.

Howley and the nine-year-old gelding Zodiak Du Buisson Z were up against some notable international riders in the field of 28, where only five managed to jump clear in the first round to make it into the jump-off.