It was an Irish one-two in the feature class at Towerlands, England this evening, with Cian O’Connor taking the honours ahead of Billy Twomey.
Meath-based O’Connor won the event on 10-year-old mare Irish Independent Echo Beach, who has been in fine form this year and played a large part in Ireland’s successful bid to return to the nations Cup Super-League. “She jumped really well - she’s a very consistent mare”, said O’Connor afterwards. “I’m really happy with the win tonight.”

Corkman Billy Twomey took the runner-up spot on Anastasia, fractions of a second ahead of Great Britains’s Paul Barker on Temple Ryefield.
CSI2* TOWERLANDS, ENGLAND Crown Equestrian-HKM Stakes
1) Irish Independent Echo Beach; Cian O’Connor (IRL) Faults 0/0 Time 41.67
2) Anastasia; Billy Twomey (IRL) Faults 0/0 43.54 Time
3) Temple Ryefield; Paul Barker (GBR) Faults 0/0 Time 43.58

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