Lynch adds to spoils with five-star triumph in Hamburg

Butler, Pender, Howley and Breen brothers also star Denis Lynch has been on the crest of a wave in recent weeks, in and out of the arena, and he continued his remarkable trend with a five-star triumph at Hamburg today. It was a magnificent day for Irish riders at the German event after a good start yesterday, with Mikey Pender recording a fourth-place finish in another five-star class, while Alex Butler claimed the honours in a four-star competition that concluded with Diarmuid Howley standing on the bottom step of the podium. Just three days after selling his stallion, Dark Chocolate at auction for €2.3m to a student of Cian O’Connor’s, Lynch reminded us that he has a considerable depth of talent at his disposal by taking the spoils in the 1.50m class against the clock with an inch-perfect piece of navigation on 12-year-old Cornets Iberio, an imperious grey owned by […]