ROUND two of the three-star Longines EEF Series Nations Cup was a Region West qualifier held at Lier in Belgium last Friday and saw the Irish team place 10th of the 13 teams taking part - the other nations being hosts Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal (who won last year), Spain and Sweden.

Following a podium finish in Mannheim, Germany, the week before, High Performance Manager Jessica Kurten had selected her team as Denis Lynch and Vistogrand, Niamh McEvoy and the nine-year-old Irish Sport Horse BP Rocket Man (Stakkato Gold x BP Quidy by Quidam Junior I, bred by Austin Broderick), Jason Foley and Chedington Hazy Toulana and Clem McMahon and the nine-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare Carneyhaugh Unison (Cornet Obolensky x Carneyhaugh Allegro by Don Juan De La Bouverie, bred by Patrick Breen), while Conan Wright and Mr Cornet De Regor filled the reserve spot.