ALL four Irish show jumpers were making their debut at championship level and all impressed with a fifth place finish in the team competition, less than one mark away from fourth place, and three finished inside the top 16 individually.

Eoin McMahon was the best of them in eighth place with Chacon 2. It was a special occasion for the Co Clare man as he was almost competing on home soil at Riesenbeck, where he has been based since 2018 after he landed his “dream job” riding for Ludger Beerbaum.