Ireland was on a Nations Cup rollercoaster ride this week, finishing seventh of eight teams in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup in Rotterdam yesterday afternoon, just six days after a superb win in Spruce Meadows.

Ireland’s Rotterdam team of Denis Lynch, Cameron Hanley, Cian O’Connor and Dermott Lennon finished on a final team score of 26 faults behind eventual winners France who were forced into a jump-off against The Netherlands when they both finished on a team score of eight faults.