IRELAND'S world champion show jumper Dermott Lennon showed a notable return to form tonight (Friday) at the Horse Festival show in the Vienna Stadthalle, Austria.

With his main horse, the Irish-bred <Liscalgot>, out of action for some time due to injury, Lennon has has a mixed run of luck on the international circuit for the last number of months. But in Vienna tonight, he won the show's second main competition, the 1m50 Jump-Off Romerquelle Prize, and picked up 2,500 euro in prize money.

Riding the 13 yr old Dutch-bred bay gelding <Impact>, Lennon proved a good second faster than Mexico's Sabtiago Lambre, and also showed a clean pair of heels to such show jumping luminaries as German's Helena Weinberg, Switzerland's Willi Melliger and Britain's John Whitaker, in a massive field of 56 competitors..

Earlier in the evening, Lennon signalled he was back on form in Vienna with a fourth place in the opening competition on <I Caesar>.

SHOW JUMPING RESULTS: CSI**** WIENER STADTHALLE AUSTRIA 6-10 NOVEMBER
2003

Preis der Fa. ROMERQUELLE
International Competition with Jump Off 1m50
Friday, November 7, 2003

1) Impact; Dermott Lennon (IRL) Faults 0 Time 37.45
2) Marien; Santiago Lambre (MEX) Faults 0 Time 38.69
3) Remus First in Seconds; Anton Martin Bauer (AUT) Faults 0 Time 39.32

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