IRELAND has every chance to medal at next week’s FEI World Championships, when it returns to Aachen for the first time since 2006. Three of the four riders were on the Irish silver medal-winning team at the 2025 FEI European Championships at Blenheim Palace and the fourth needs no introduction. Crowd favourites Austin O’Connor and Colorado Blue have a stellar record at five-star level, having won at Maryland in 2023 before going on to podium at both Burghley and Badminton in 2025. Details on the Irish riders can be found below.

Horse Sport Ireland High Performance eventing manager Sam Griffiths said the selection panel “had some incredibly tough decisions to make, which really reflects positively on the growing strength of Irish eventing.