TEMPERATURES rose even higher at a sunbaked RDS today (Thursday) but the heat did not seem to affect the speed of Irish riders, who ran riot in the two big classes at Dublin.

In front of near-capacity crowds, tomorrow's Aga Khan team-mates Billy Twomey and Cian O'Connor produced two classic rounds to take the No. I spots in the Power and Speed and Speed Derby competitions, respectively.

But the Power and Speed also saw Irish riders take Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth slots, while in the Speed Derby only France's Michel Hecart and Italy's Roberto Arioldi managed to elbow their way into the top six places.

Co. Armagh's Harry Marshall led the Power and Speed class on <Splendido> from early in the day, but Cork's Billy Twomey, riding <Anastasia> and sixth last to jump, delivered a poised, textbook, round that shaved just under a second off Marshall's time, to clinch the class.

Kildare's Cian O'Connor had his position as show jumping's current golden boy confirmed by shrieks from the crowd as he entered the arena for the Speed Derby, and then earned a standing ovation as he took the nine year-old bay mare <ABC Landliebe> around the Derby course at a pace so fast that no-one came even close to closing the gap.

Malahide-based Conor Swail was closest on Windgate's Mystique, yet finished just short of three seconds behind the 23 yr-old Kildare rider.

SHOW JUMPING RESULTS: CSIO DUBLIN IRELAND AUGUST 6-10, 2003

POWER & SPEED
International Jumping Competition
FEI Art. 274.5.3, Table A/A 1m40 to 1m60 Two Phases
Qualification for Competition No 10 (Grand Prix)
Thursday, August 7th 2003

1) ANASTASIA; Billy TWOMEY (IRL) Faults 0.00 Time 28.45
2) SPLENDIDO; Harry MARSHALL (IRL) Faults 0.00 Time 29.40
3) L B GALILEO; Marion HUGHES (IRL) Faults 0.00 Time 29.81
4) KILOSSERY; Lt Shane CAREY (IRL) Faults 0.00 Time 30.19
5) HERMES DE REVE; Clement MCMAHON (IRL) Faults 0.00 Time 30.21

9) CHIPPISON; Marie BURKE (IRL) Faults 0.00 Time 31.74
10) BALTIMORE; Ryan CRUMLEY (IRL) Faults 0.00 Time 32.49

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SPEED DERBY
For award of the Wylie Trophy
FEI Art. 239, Table C Speed and Handiness
Qualification for Competition No 9
Thursday, August 7th 2003

1) ABC LANDLIEBE; Cian O'CONNOR (IRL) Time 71.34
2) WINDGATES MYSTIQUE; Conor SWAIL (IRL) Time 74.08
3) LISMORE CLOVER; Lt David O'BRIEN (IRL) Time 74.44
4) THAT'S LIFE; Michel HECART (FRA) Time 77.53
5) LORO PIANA ARAMIS; Roberto ARIOLDI (ITA) Time 78.57
6) ZARA'S PRIDE; Peter SMYTH (IRL) Time 78.84
7) ALLIE MCBEAL ; Carl HANLEY (IRL) Time 79.29
8) LASSERGUT KASSANDRA; Rolf-Goran BENGTSSON (SWE) Time 81.47
9) SAFFIER; Billy TWOMEY (IRL) Time 81.64

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