AN appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport is likely following the FEI’s rejection of two Irish appeals after show jumper Cian O’Connor and his horse Good Luck were impeded by a member of the arena party at the European Championships yesterday.

The FEI last night rejected the second of two appeals by the Irish team following the bizarre incident in which a uniformed arena party member ran across in front of the combination as they rounded a turn to approach a fence on the Aachen course. The fence was the only one on the course to be knocked by the pair.