IN late August, six members of the senior eventing squad will head to the European championships at Luhmühlen in Germany where Ireland won team gold 40 years ago through John Watson, David Foster, Alan Lillingston and Helen Cantillon.

The current high performance squad, led by Horse Sport Ireland’s eventing high performance director Sally Corscadden, (pictured) have taken part in some training sessions since the turn of the year as have their underage counterparts who hope to be selected for Maarsbergen, The Netherlands in July (Young Rider and Junior European championships) and Strzegom, Poland in mid-August (European pony championships).