THE Michael Blake-managed Irish show jumping team of Shane Sweetnam, Bertram Allen, Michael Duffy and Cian O’Connor put in an excellent performance last Friday night to finish runners-up behind the host nation in the $150,000 CSIO4* Nations Cup at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida, USA.

It was the NetJets US Jumping Team, consisting of Lillie Keenan (Fasther), Brian Moggre (Balou De Reventon), Bliss Heers (Antidote De Mars), and Jessica Springsteen (Don Juan Van Donkhoeve), coached by chef d’equipe Robert Ridland, that secured victory in front on the home crowd.