Ireland’s Shane Sweetnam Makes it a Three-Peat, Taking the $72,000 LONGINES Cup at the 44th Hampton Classic

Photo by © Shawn McMillen
Photo by © Shawn McMillen

Ireland’s Shane Sweetnam captured the $72,000 LONGINES Cup for the third consecutive year, piloting Kirschwasser SCF to the top of the jump-off. American riders Catherine Tyree and Adrienne Sternlicht came within hundredths of a second but were not able to beat his time.

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