IRISH riders dominated the podium in Sunday’s two-star 1.45m Grand Prix at Lier in Belgium, when Wexford’s Harry Allen on Calculatus and Clare’s Eoin McMahon on Cornest took second and third places respectively. The pair were only beaten by Belgian rider Gilles Thomas on Qalista DN, whose double clear in a jump-off time of 39.83 seconds could not be bettered.

Just 21 of the 72 starters jumped clear in the first round, with 20 of them progressing to the jump-off. The track caught many of them out second time round and only seven kept a clean sheet. Allen’s time of 40.43 was less than a second behind Thomas to secure second place, while McMahon clocked 41.16 for third.