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Ireland's London 2012 individual bronze medallist Cian O'Connor captured the main evening class at the London International Horse Show's showjumping schedule with victory in the Christmas Pudding Stakes at Olympia.
Riding chestnut gelding Splendor, O'Connor comfortably won a seven-horse jump-off, beating Great Britain's Tina Fletcher and Hello Sailor by 2.5 seconds.
"You take chances you wouldn't normally take at this show," O'Connor said.
"After the turn to the double I thought 'Did I really do that?' But this place, and the fantastic crowds, make you do that."
Fletcher, back in action following a serious ankle injury, was thrilled with Hello Sailor's performance, a horse she is aiming at next year's European Championships in Denmark.
"I am chuffed to bits, it has been a long time out of the ring for me," she said.
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