COUNTY Louth’s Mark McAuley rode the 10-year-old mare GRS Lady Amaro (ISH) to secure an impressive runner-up finish in the five-star Longines Grand Prix at Lyon’s World Cup show in France last Friday night. GRS Lady Amaro is by Amaretto Darco (BWP), out of Legal Lady (TB), by Over The River (TB), was bred by Denis Hickey from Co Wexford and is owned by S N C McAuley.

Of the 47 starters, 13 riders were clear over the first-round course and made it into the jump-off. McAuley was one of them and he proceeded to jump clear again against the clock to finish in 36.78 seconds, just over half-a-second behind French winner Julien Epaillard riding Dubai du Cedre, whose time was 36.14.