SIX Irish riders are among the 90 (85 to start) confirmed entrants for next month’s Badminton Horse Trials.

Aoife Clarke (Fenyas Elegance and Vaguely North), Joseph Murphy (Electric Cruise and Sportsfield Othello), Austin O’Connor (Ringwood Mississippi), Michael Ryan (Ballylynch Adventure), Camilla Speirs (Portersize Just A Jif) and Sam Watson (Horseware Bushman) will join nine previous winning riders and representatives from 12 individual nations.