The Fell family’s venue will host the second of nine legs of the Nations Cup on April 10th to 14th, following the opening event at Fontainebleau, France on March 19th to 23rd. The series will finish in Boekelo in the Netherlands on October 9th to 12th.

Peter Fell said he was delighted Ballindenisk had been chosen to be part of the FEI Nations Cup series.

“This is a great opportunity to have a leg in Ireland and for our riders to compete on home soil,” said Fell.

HSI’s eventing high performance manager Nick Turner also welcomed the addition of an Irish leg to the series.

“The Nations Cup Series is something we will be focusing more on this year as a way of developing combinations and the Irish team.

“We hope to have a strong team at the first round in France and it is great to have the second round in Ireland,” he said.