WITHOUT doubt, top British international event rider Oliver Townend is playing his part for Irish Sport Horse, riding the Ramiro B-sired Cooley SRS to a close second at the famous Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials, just days after he clinched the Land Rover Kentucky four-star on the Irish-bred Cooley Master Class, also by Ramiro B.

Cooley SRS, now 11, is owned by Angela Hisplop and was bred by John Fitzhenry in Wexford. By the British-based sire Ramiro B, he is out of Ballynattin Pride by Kiltealy Spring x Kings of Diamonds. Produced by Oliver from his early days, he was his ride at the 2017 European Championships when winning team gold although Badminton was the horse’s first four-star.