EQUESTRIAN SPORT:NEWGRANGE-BASED John Floody moved to the top of the standings in the Horse Sport Ireland/Guidam Spring Tour when winning yesterday's fourth round of the series in the Alliance arena at Kill International with Mike Smith's Larkhill Cruiser.

Seventeen combinations made it through to the jump-off round at the Co Kildare equestrian centre with Smith’s eight-year-old chestnut gelding stopping the clock on 34.82 seconds, bettering the time set earlier by Conor Swail on Uretto.

Riders have another opportunity this week of picking up points when the tour moves on to the Broadmeadows Equestrian Centre in Meath tomorrow.

On the international front, Ireland’s Jessica Kuerten riding Lady Georgina Forbes’s Quibell placed second in yesterday’s Grand Prix at Arezzo, Italy, behind the host nation’s Gianni Govoni on Cyprianus Z while Marion Hughes finished fourth with HHS Cashmere in the Grand Prix at Comporta, Portugal, won by Britain’s Laura Renwick on Limelight de Breve.