IRELAND was represented at the Equi Seine Show at Rouen, France held last week, with jumping from Thursday until Sunday. Jeremy Sweetnam rode the 10-year-old mare Chapeau to a top 10 finish in the four-star 1.50m class on Saturday, placing 10th of the 52 starters, with a clear round in 64.23 seconds. The winning round came from Lars Kuster (NED) on Heaven of Romance in a fast time of 59.29.

Killian Norris and O’Neill Van ‘T Heike finished fourth of the 32 participants in the day’s four-star 1.40m class, jumping clear in 59.87. Poland’s Przemyslaw Konopacki won the class on board Expression’Quill when clear in 58.46.

Sweetnam scored a fifth place finish in Sunday’s four-star 1.45m Speed class riding Come to Me, with a clear round in 65.30, while class winner Barbara Schnieper on Judy KM stopped the clock in a speedy 59.84.