Billy Twomey

The duo then went on to be the highest placed of the Irish in the €300,000 Grand Prix, finishing 8th.

Towards the end of April, Twomey was selected as part of Ireland's Nations Cup Team in Lummen, Belgium.

He was selected as last to jump (with Tinka's Serenade).

Denis Lynch (with Abberuail van het Dingeshof) was first to go, followed by Alex Duffy (Tampa), and Shane Breen (Carmena Z).

In the first round they all jumped clear apart from Alex Duffy, who had 22 faults.

As Duffy had the discarded score, he did not jump in the second round.

The remaining trio then produced 3 more clear rounds to tie for first place with Australia.

The jump-off saw Chris Chugg of Australia go head-to-head with Billy Twomey, with Chugg having four faults and Twomey jumping his third clear round of the competition to secure the win for Ireland.

Twomey also directed the grey Irish Sport Horse – Cavinem – to 4th in a Table A class.

To end the show, he directed Tinka's Serenade to 8th in the Grand Prix.

Twomey travelled to Hamburg for the second leg of the Global champions Tour.

The show started well with him securing 6th place (with Tinka's Serenade) in the 'Mercedes-Benz Championat of Hamburg' – only 0.4 seconds behind the winner, but unfortunate to have 4 faults in the jump-off.

Twomey was then selected for the Irish team at the second leg of the Meydan Nations Cup series at the CSIO5* of Rome.

William Twomey (born 14 April 1977 ) is an Irish equestrian and is Ireland's highest ranked show jumper.

Luidam Stallion / Chestnut / 1993 / Guidam x Acteur – owned by Billy Twomey and Sue Davies

Tinka's Serenade Mare / Chestnut / 1997 / Tinka's Boy x African Drum – owned by Billy Twomey and Sue Davies

Romanov Stallion / Chestnut / 1998 / Heartbreaker x Fedor

Je t'Aime Flamenco Stallion / Bay / 2000 / Flamence de Semilly x Landetto – owned by Mrs. Sue Davies

Allegro Gelding / Bay / 2000 / Bon Ami x Zarola – owned by Billy Twomey and Anthony Condon.

Shared with Anthony Condon, Allegro won the B&C in Addington.

Consistently jumping up to 1.40m with both Billy and Anthony.

Twomey and Luidam were members of the winning Nations Cup teams in St. Gallen and Aachen in 2003.

They also won the 5* Grand Prix of La Baule and were 2nd in the 5* Grands Prix of St. Gallen and Dublin.

The pair were also short-listed for the Olympic Games of 2004.

In 2008, Twomey won the HOYS Grand Prix with his eight-year-old stallion named Je T'aime Flamenco.

Twomey's time was 0.23 seconds faster than the runner up, Michael Whitaker.

For the second year running, Twomey and Je T'aime Flamenco took the top spot in the 4* Grand Prix of Amsterdam in January.

In February, Billy, with Je T'aime Flamenco, was selected as part of the Irish Nations Cup Team that competed in Dubai.

A member of the winning Irish team in Aachen and Lummen in 2010.

Finished 11th in the World Championships of 2010.

Since the partnership began in late 2010, the pair have been on the winning Irish Nations Cup team at the CSIO5* at La Baule in 2011, and placed second in the CSI3* Grand Prix of Laipzig, 2011.

Winner of La Baule GP (France) with Luidam

Winner of Maubeuge GP (France) with Whinnie Jackson

Twomey had been steadily climbing up the World Rankings for years until finally, in June 2011 (Ranking no. 125) he reached his highest ever Ranking of 3rd place.

Here, he also took over (from Denis Lynch) the highest ranked Irish rider in the World

Winner of 7 International Grands Prix, including the five-stars at GCT-Valencia 2011, Barcelona in 2010 and St. Gallen in 2009.

winner of the Rolex IJRC Top Ten Final at the Gucci Masters in Paris, France, 2011.

She has also jumped double-clears in some of the world's biggest Grands Prix, including winning the five-stars at Basel and Zurich in 2011.

The Irish Team finished 7th of the 11 that started.

As of the end of March 2012, Twomey is ranked 17th in the World – Ireland's No. 2.