Show Jumping - First Honours To O'Connor At St Gallen

IRELAND'S 23 yr old Kildare rider Cian O'Connor saw off the Swiss aces Markus Fuchs and Willi Melliger at the opening international class at St. Gallen Switzerland, today (Thursday) riding the 9 yr old bay mare <ABC Landliebe>.

O'Connor finished the class a remarkable 3 seconds faster than Fuchs, riding <Royal Charmer>.

With team-mates Kevin Babington, Robert Splaine and Billy Twomey, O'Connor will compete on Sunday, June 1, for the third of the elite competitions in the Samsung Super League at St. Gallen. Ireland currently lies joint second in the Super League with Germany, each on a score of 10.5 points.

SHOW JUMPING RESULTS: CSIO ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND MAY 29 -JUNE 1, 2003

S2 PREIS DER ST. GALLER TAGBLATT AG
International Showjumping - Wertung A ZM (FEI Art. 238-2.1)
Thursday, May 29, 2003

1) ABC Landliebe;Cian O'Connor (IRL) Faults 0.00 Time 60.20
2) Royal Charmer; Markus Fuchs (SUI) Faults 0.00 Time 63.48
3) L.B. Scutt; Willi Melliger (SUI) Faults 0.00 Time 65.40

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