AFTER a summer of championships, last week it was the turn of the ‘Olympics’ for young horses when the FEI/World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) show jumping championships for young horses took place in Lanaken, Belgium.

Hopes were high in the Irish camp after a run of medal wins at recent years. However, just like the European eventing championships further south in Switzerland proved to be a British whitewash, it turned out to be a clean sweep for German riders in Sunday’s finals.