Offaly’s Darragh Kenny secured a second big Wellington win in the space of a fortnight as Chic Chic landed the CSI4* $75,000 1.50m Classic on Sunday. Kenny won the three-star Grand Prix a couple of weeks ago when Volnay Du Boisdeville won the $140,000 Southern Arches CSI3* Grand Prix during “Saturday Night Lights” and he was back on top of the podium again in the Classic. It was first and fourth for Irish riders, with Aga Khan-winning rider Max Wachman also on form at the Florida venue as his mount Quintini was less than a second in arrears. Kenny jumped clear in round one, finishing in a time of 75.12 seconds, and joined 11 others in a star-studded jump-off. He kept his composure then to go double clear in a time of 37.59, just over two tenths of a second ahead of America’s Laura Kraut and Bisquetta, with the Irish […]
