IRISH eventers once again proved themselves with an impressive performance in the four-star FEI Nations Cup at Boekelo in The Netherlands. It wasn’t to be for the team, but three Irish riders finished in the top 10 individually - all three of them riding Irish Sport Horses. Best of these was Sarah Ennis on board Grantstown Jackson (ISH), who kept a clean sheet in the jumping phases to finish on their dressage score in seventh place.

In fact, there was a fourth Irish Sport Horse in the top 10, as Britain’s Caroline Harris rode the David Harrison-bred Cooley Mosstown (Celtic Hero B Z (ZANG lic. ISH) x Rabaila (HOLST) by Riverman (HOLST)) into fourth place.