At just 26 years of age, Alexander Butler is a prime example of the depth of Ireland’s young show jumping talent. Butler boasts an impressive show jumping career which includes over 20 international victories along with leading Young Rider titles in 2008 and 2009 and a national speed title in 2011. In 2012, he was National Champion and Rookie of the Year and last year won the Autumn Grand Prix League.

Part of the young rider European Championship squad in 2007, Butler has gone on to represent Ireland on three occasions at super league level and was on three senior Nations Cup teams, two of which were winning teams. In the young horse division, he took the honours in the five-year-old consolation class at the WBFSH World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Lanaken last year with Talk Is Cheap.