Denis Lynch - 2012

2012

CSI5*-W Leipzig, Germany: Abbervail van het Dingeshof just missed out on winning a car by finishing second in the 1m50 'Championat von Leipzig', but won €4,800. Upsilon d'Ocquier finished joint-first in the Six-Bar to earn €4,575. Twister S also won €2,000 for finishing 5th in a 1m45 class.

CSI5*-W Zurich, Switzerland: Lynch and Night Train won a 1m40 class worth €8,300 (10,000CHF) to the winner.

CSI5*-W Bordeaux, France: The nine-year-old, Contifex jumped double-clear in the Rolex FEI World Cup and took fourth prize of €15,000. He also earned €1,000 in the Grand Prix for finishing 11th. Upsilon d'Oquier finished joint-second in the Six-Bar to earn €3,500.

CSI3* Neumuenster, Germany: In the 1m50 one-round class on Friday night, Lantinus took 3rd prize of €3,450. The pair also took 2nd prize in a 1m50 jump-off class to earn €4,600.

CSI5*-W Gothenburg, Sweden: Abberuail van het Dingeshof finished second in the 1m55 Grand Prix to earn 130,000SEK (€14,695). The pair also took second prize of 45,000SEK (€5,086) in a 1m45 jump-off class. In the final Rolex FEI World Cup leg of the season, Lynch and Lantinus finished 7th to earn 36,000SEK (€4,069). The course was described by Kevin Staut as 'the most difficult leg of the season', but this result left Lynch in 3rd place in the overall standings.

CSI3* Bremen, Germany: Lynch partnered Abbervail van het Dingeshof to 4th place in the 1m50 'Championat von Bremen' to earn €1,610.

CSI3* Dortmund, Germany: All Inclusive NRW had 4 faults in round 1 of the Grand Prix which was only good enough for 8th position and €1,500 prize-money.

CSI5* Paris, France: In a 1m60 pairs competition, Lynch and Abbervail van het Dingeshof joined Athina Onassis de Miranda and AD Unaniem, where just one time-fault them left them short of the top prize to settle for second prize of €10,000. Abbervail van het Dingeshof also earned €4,000 for 9th position in the Grand Prix. In a 1m45 jump-off where less than a second separated the top 6, Lantinus finished 6th to earn €1,035.

CSI5* GCT Doha, Qatar: In the Grand Prix, Lynch guided Lantinus to a 11th prize of €4,500 with a score of 4/0. The pair also finished 10th in a 1m50 class to earn €1,150.

CSI5*-W Rolex FEI World Cup Final, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands: After five jumping rounds, Lynch and Abbervail van het Dingeshof finished 11th. In the process, they took joint-third prize of €9,350 in Final III.

CSI4* DKB Riders Tour Hagen, Germany: Lynch and Night Train won the 1m40 Middle Tour Final worth €5,750 to the winner. All Star 5 jumped double clear in a 1m50 jump-off class to finish 5th and earn €2,100. Lantinus was also in the money, but with the second fastest jump-off time he could only manage 11th prize of €1,875 with 8 faults.

CSI5*-GCT Valencia, Spain: Abbervail van het Dingeshof jumped double-clear in the Grand Prix to earn a spot in the five-horse jump-off. He posted the fastest time, but at the expense of 4 faults to finish in eventual 4th place to earn €42,750.

CSIO5* La Baule, France: Lynch and Lantinus jumpedd 4/4 in the FEI Nations Cup to help Ireland secure equal-fifth position. In the Derby, Night Train took the top prize of €17,500, but he spooked in the lap of honour which resulted in his rider being taken away in an ambulance.

Read more about this topic:  Denis Lynch