TEAM France delivered a dominant performance at the FEI Eventing European Championships for Ponies at Le Mans last weekend, securing both team and individual gold in front of a jubilant home crowd.

Team Ireland also put on a powerful display and sat in fourth after dressage on a team total on 90.2 penalties, less than nine penalties behind dressage leaders Germany and less than four penalties behind eventual winners France, who were third after the first phase.