HORSE Sport Ireland today named the Irish show jumping squad for this weekend's five-star Nations Cup at Gijon in Spain.

Gijon is not part of the European Division 1 league which finished at Dublin at the start of this month, with Ireland now preparing for the Nations Cup World Final which takes place at Barcelona in Spain at the end of September.

The Irish squad for the Gijon Nations Cup is as follows:

Tipperary’s Shane Breen with Laith or Ipswich Van De Wolfsakker

Waterford’s Anthony Condon with Balzac

Mayo’s Cameron Hanley with Quirex

Louth’s Mark McAuley with Utchan De Belheme

Derry’s David Simpson with Keoki

The Gijon Nations Cup starts at 12.45pm on Saturday in Spain where Taylor Vard will be Irish Chef d’Equipe.The Gijon Grand Prix takes place next Monday.

The Irish senior Show Jumping team is sponsored by The Underwriting Exchange and Devenish

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