O'Connor enjoys more glory in London
Olympic bronze medallist Cian O'Connor won his second major class of the week at the London International Horse Show.
Olympic bronze medallist Cian O'Connor won his second major class of the week at the London International Horse Show.
Ireland's London 2012 individual bronze medallist Cian O'Connor captured the main evening class with victory in the Christmas Pudding Stakes.
Germany-based Tipperary rider Denis Lynch claimed just under €6,000 for this evening's victory in the Winning Round competition at the three-star show in Frankfurt.
Denis Lynch came within an eighth of a second of claiming a bumper €99,000 victory at the Gucci Grand Prix at Paris on Sunday.
Kilkenny's Marion Hughes followed up a fifth-place finish with HHS Pinky in the Grand Prix at Abu Dhabi on Friday night with victory on the same horse today.
Jessica Kurten racked up her second third place at the five-star show in Verona, Italy today, riding the grey gelding API Largo in the small Grand Prix.
Cian O'Connor finished fourth in the French Grand Prix at Caen on the first outing with his Olympic horse Blue Loyd since the Dublin Horse Show in August.
Ireland's Marion Hughes, who is now based in Dubai, finished second against all the odds in a nail biting FEI World Cup qualifier in China today.
Shane Breen made it a hat-trick for Ireland when he won the Accumulator competition, on board Balloon, at Birmingham's Horse of the Year Show.
Cian O'Connor has the won showjumping class at Beijing's World Cup, becoming the first non-Chinese competitor to do so.
Shane Breen racked up his second win at the five-star show in Barcelona with a victory in the big speed class aboard the bay mare Ominerale Courcelle on Sunday.
The Irish show jumping team bounced back with a vengeance at the five-star Nations' Cup in Spruce Meadows, Canada, one of the biggest shows in the world.
Ireland's Trevor Coyle produced a dazzling performance at Gijon to outjump a world class field to take the prestigious Banco Herrero Grand Prix trophy.
Wicklow's Helen Kearney landed Ireland's first equestrian success of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London with a remarkable silver medal thanks to a score of 76.700 percent on Mister Cool.
Ireland's Eilish Byrne improved on her Thursday team test score to finish fifth in the individual para-dressage final at Greenwich Park in London.
Bronze medallist Cian O'Connor brought his Olympic horse Blue Loyd out for this evening's Longines Grand Prix climax to the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show, and the pair took third place.
Following Ireland's historic Aga Khan team victory on Friday, local riders continued to dominate at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show in its fourth day of show jumping action.
Ireland has won its first Aga Kahn trophy since 2004 in the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show at the RDS.
There was more success for the Irish riders with two wins at the second day of the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show.
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.