Tipperary’s Shane Breen has made a winning start to the indoor Show Jumping season, after claiming the top prize in tonight’s (Friday) 1m50 five-star speed class at Olso in Norway. He guided the 13-year-old stallion Golden Hawk to the fastest clear round in 65.09 seconds to take home just over €6,500. Breen was also among the prizes in the later Puissance competition when finishing third with the 8-year-old stallion Colmar. On Sunday, Oslo will host the opening leg of the 2018/2019 Longines FEI World Cup. Shane Breen is joined in Oslo by fellow Tipperary rider Denis Lynch, Galway’s Michael Duffy and Offaly’s Darragh Kenny. The World Cup in Oslo is immediately followed by legs in Helsinki (FIN) and Verona (ITA) later this month before the action moves on to Lyon (FRA), Stuttgart (GER) and Madrid (ESP) in November. La Coruña (ESP) will mark the half-way point in early December, and […]
