Mo Chroi (ISH) & Commandant Gerry Flynn Win the Dublin Grand Prix

Mo Chroi (ISH) and Commandant Gerry Flynn (Irl) stormed to victory in the Longines Dublin Grand Prix at the Dublin Horse Show last Sunday. The Dublin Grand Prix, considered the event’s premier individual class, was last won by an Irish rider when Cameron Hanley took the class in 2000. Flynn and the superb Irish Sport Horse mare Mo Chroi were one of only two combinations to produce double clear rounds in this prestigious €125,000 class.

Flynn’s victory added to a great week for the Army Equitation School, with Captain Shane Carey also enjoying considerable success over the week. Flynn with Mo Chroi (ISH) and Carey with River Foyle (ISH), produced the best two rounds for the Irish team that finished a very credible joint third in the Irish Samsung Nations Cup 5* Superleague class.

Full results and breeding are detailed below.

Dublin (Irl) CSIO***** Superleague

Irish Samsung Nations Cup 5* Superleague 1m55:
=3rd River Foyle (ex African Drum) (ISH) – 1997 grey gelding by Cavalier Royale (HOLST) out of Crusing Line (ISH), by Cruising (ISH). Bred by Kathleen Gallagher, 95 Ballykelly Road, Ballykelly, Limavady, Co. Londonderry. Rider: Capt. Shane Carey (Irl)
=3rd Mo Chroi (ISH) – 1997 grey mare by Cruising (ISH) out of Into The Blue (ISH), by Mister Lord (TB). Bred by Claire McDonnell, Ballymoney Park Stud, Kilbride, Co. Wicklow. Rider: Comdt. Gerry Flynn (Irl)
=3rd SIEC Concept 3 & Cameron Hanley (Irl)
=3rd Rivaal & Conor Swail (Irl)

The Longines Dublin Grand Prix 1m55:
1st Mo Chroi (ISH) – see above for breeding. Rider: Comdt. Gerry Flynn (Irl)
5th Holmstead Saddlery World Cruise (ISH) – 1995 grey gelding by Cruising (ISH) out of Curragh Queen (ISH), by Clover Hill (RID). Bred by Waterside Stud, Balrath, Navan, Co. Meath. Rider: Shane Breen (Irl)
9th River Foyle (ex African Drum) (ISH) – see above for breeding. Rider: Capt. Shane Carey (Irl)

Welcome Stakes 1m40 Table A:
7th Belvidere (ISH) – 1997 bay gelding by Cavalier Royale (HOLST). Rider: Edward Little (Irl)

Speed Stakes 1m40 Table C:
2nd Cashla Bay (ex Hands Free) (ISH) – 1993 chestnut gelding. Rider: Capt. Shane Carey (Irl)
3rd Gerry Maguire (ISH) – 1994 bay gelding by Clover Hill (RID). Rider: Robert Smith (Gbr)
6th Conahy Clover (ISH) – 1999 bay mare by Diamond Clover (RID) out of Ballyragget Princess (ISH). Bred by Seamus Healy, Lower Conahy, Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny. Rider: Cian O’Connor (Irl)

Speed Derby 1m40 Table C:
3rd Dorada (ISH) – 1998 chestnut gelding by Harlequin Du Carel (SF) out of Cummer Beauty (ISH), by Clover Hill (RID). Bred by Michael Ryan, Ross Cottage, Borrisoleigh, Thurles, Co. Tipperary. Rider: Shane Breen (Irl)
6th Cashla Bay (ex Hands Free) (ISH) – see above for breeding. Rider: Capt. Shane Carey (Irl)
8th Gerry Maguire (ISH) – see above for breeding. Rider: Robert Smith (Gbr)

1m40 Accumulator:
2nd Cashla Bay (ex Hands Free) (ISH) – see above for breeding. Rider: Capt. Shane Carey (Irl)
8th Belvidere (ISH) – see above for breeding. Rider: Edward Little (Irl)

Dublin Stakes 1m50 Table A:
8th Killossery (ISH) – 1992 bay gelding by Clover Hill (RID) out of Jeannie (ISH), by Radical (TB). Bred by Killossery Lodge Stud, Kilsallaghan, Co. Dublin. Rider: Capt. Shane Carey (Irl)

PJ Walls Championship 1m45 Table C:
1st Gerry Maguire (ISH) – see above for breeding. Rider: Robert Smith (Gbr)