TIPPERARY’S Denis Lynch may not have repeated the five-star double he scored at last year’s Longines Global Champions League in Mexico City, but his efforts at the weekend fixture, the second round of the 2025 tour, put Lynch at the top of the current overall standings on 59 points, quite a margin ahead of next best, Edwina Tops-Alexander on 44. It is early days though, as there are 15 legs in total.

The Longines Global Champions Tour 1.60m Grand Prix on Sunday was a competitive affair, with 40 of the world’s best taking on a challenging track. Just nine succeeded in keeping all the poles intact in round one and only six managed to do so again in round two. Lynch and Vistogrand were among the first-round clears, but an unfortunate rub of a pole in the jump-off led to four faults in a time of 44.45 seconds, leaving them in eighth place. The class was won by an in-form Emanuele Camilli (ITA) on Chacco’s Girlstar (42.99).