Continuing a recent run of remarkable form, Cork’s Billy Twomey pulled off yet another win last Friday, when he took the trophy in the first 1.50m competition at Oslo’s World Cup show in Norway.
Fresh from three victories at the Horse of the Year Show in Birmingham, England, the previous weekend, the 38-year-old Irish rider laid down the gauntlet in the Norwegian capital aboard Sue Davies’ grey gelding Tin Tin.
Thirty-fifth to jump from a starting field of 48, Twomey covered the five-star track at blistering speed, overtaking the leading combination of Brazil’s Doda de Miranda and AD Nouvelle Europe Z by just under half a second to collect the €5,500 winner’s prize.
Of the subsequent riders, only Dutch star Harrie Smolders came close aboard Don VHP Z, but he finished in fourth, almost a full second adrift.
Meanwhile, a double-clear round in a blistering 43.01 seconds secured France’s Penelope Leprevost victory in the first leg of the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Western European League in Oslo last Sunday, riding Flora de Mariposa. Billy Twomey was 15th with Tinka’s Serenade, with 12 faults in the second round of the feature event. The second leg of the top series will take place in Helsinki, Finland, on Sunday, 25 October.
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