DERRY’S David Simpson on Ovidius Vd Donkhoeve finished best of the Irish with a podium position in Sunday’s three-star 1.50m Grand Prix at Oliva in Spain, when placing third with a double clear round in a jump-off time of 40.72.

There were 51 starters in the class, with 11 of those jumping clear and securing their place in the jump-off. Eight combinations managed to go double clear, with the fastest of those being the nine-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding Iron Dames Just A Dream, bred by Jimmy Lawler in Co Kilkenny, ridden by Germany’s Janne Friederike Meyer-Zimmermann in a jump-off time of 38.09 seconds. Belgium’s Axel Vandoorne and Kaline de Fremis placed second in the class.