Meath-based Cian O’Connor and the 10-year-old mare Be Gentle scored their second win of the week at the five-star fixture at Aachen in Germany today, with victory in the Prize of Sparkasse, Hunting competition over ditches and banks.

The Irish national anthem rang out for the second time in 48 hours when O’Connor and the mare posted a time of 72.42 seconds – which couldn’t be matched by those who followed.

Olympic Bronze medallist O’Connor had scored a win in the opening class of the show on Wednesday, again with Be Gentle.

Ireland is represented by eight riders in three disciplines at the German venue this weekend. The main highlight in the Show Jumping arena will be Sunday’s Aachen Grand Prix, which is part of the Rolex Grand Slam and worth a cool 1 Million Euro.

Ireland will field a full team in the Eventing Nations Cup which gets underway in Aachen on Friday, while Irish Dressage rider Judy Reynolds continues her preparations for the Rio Olympics and competes in Aachen this weekend with Vancouver K and Zigal.