IRELAND’s chef d’equipe Michael Blake was proud of his team who finished fourth at the Longines FEI European Championships in A Coruña, and the two riders who finished in the top seven on the final day of the individuals.

“I think it was a good championship for us,” Blake told The Irish Field on Sunday after its conclusion. “We had horses who jumped very well. We jumped a lot of clear rounds and we were fourth. That was hard, to be fourth, there isn’t even a plastic medal!