IRELAND’S Tom Wachman and Fireball finished fifth in the Junior individual final at the FEI European Championships in Vilamoura, Portugal, while 14-year-old Katie Nallon was sixth in the Children on Horses individual final.

The pair were leading the ahead of Britain’s Vernon and Alice Laine from France going into Saturday’s finale after two fantastic rounds in the team competition. But a fence down in the third round of competition proved costly for Wachman who had to settle for fifth place in the final analysis.