IRELAND’S eventing team’s standout result at the FEI World Championships last week was in securing Olympic qualification, just as their fifth-place result at Pratoni four years ago did likewise for the Paris Olympics.

Los Angeles place securely booked, what were the main talking points from the pedigrees and studbooks viewpoint? Well, if the 2022 World Championships belonged to the Selle Français studbook, this was the championship of the Holsteiner Verband and German breeders.