THE senior Irish show jumping squad received a welcome boost this week, with the news that Devenish Nutrition and The Underwriting Exchange have come on board as sponsors for the 2017 season.

During a special media day at the National Sports Campus, director of international marketing with Horse Sport Ireland Elaine Hatton said: “Sponsorship is crucial in today’s competitive environment, to compete with the best in the world we must enlist the services from the best, team managers such as Rodrigo (Pessoa) here, sports psychologists, vets, athlete and equine nutritionists, farriers and physios to name just a few of the support structures required to reach our goals.