Hughes wins for Ireland at RDS
Irish riders put in strong performances in the three main jumping classes on the opening day of the Dublin Horse Show at a rain-swept RDS.
Irish riders put in strong performances in the three main jumping classes on the opening day of the Dublin Horse Show at a rain-swept RDS.
London 2012 came and went and now seems a blur. What a week we had at Greenwich, one to remember forever.
Shane Breen was best of an Irish-dominated class with a second place in the HSI-sponsored Millstreet Masters jump-off class at Millstreet's international show in Co. Cork today.
British dressage star Charlotte Dujardin won her second gold medal of London 2012 when she was crowned Olympic individual freestyle champion at Greenwich Park today.
Ireland's Cian O'Connor has won a bronze medal in the individual jumping event at the London Olympics.
Britain won team gold in Olympic dressage, breaking a 40-year winning streak for the Germans, after Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin posted Olympic record scores for their grand prix special tests.
Cian O'Connor narrowly failed to qualify for the Olympic show jumping final when his gelding Blue Loyd had three fences down, giving the rider a total of 20 penalties over three qualifying rounds, leaving him as the first reserve for the final.
Britain won team show jumping gold on Monday after a tie-breaking jump-off with silver medallists the Netherlands while Saudi Arabia captured a bronze.
Ireland's Cian O'Connor and Blue Loyd picked up eight faults, but with no penalties to carry from the first round, the Meath rider qualified as one of the top 45 for Monday afternoon's semi-final of the jumping event at Greenwich Park.
Anna Merveldt has narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Grand Prix Special in the Olympic Dressage at Greenwich Park.