Clark claims top ten placing at Badminton
Aoife Clark produced an impressive show jumping performance to finish eighth overall at Britain's Badminton Horse Trials.
Aoife Clark produced an impressive show jumping performance to finish eighth overall at Britain's Badminton Horse Trials.
With just Monday's deciding show jumping phase to come, Ireland's Aoife Clark moved into 12th place overall after the cross-country stage of the Badminton Horse Trials in England today.
Irish riders notched up a total of six victories at European show jumping competitions this weekend, though an Irish bid for the World Cup trophy in Gothenburg failed to ignite.
Ireland's Austin O'Connor and Kate Jarvey's Ringwood Mississippi recorded just four faults in what proved to be a very challenging show jumping phase at the Rolex four star event in Kentucky today.
Cameron Hanley took his first international show jumping victory today Saturday after an almost two-year absence caused by a freak accident to his knee that resulted in a total of 17 operations.
Jessica Springsteen, show jumping daughter of rock legend Bruce, has bought leading Irish jumper Lisona
Gordon Elliott's Flaxen Flare made a winning start to his jumping career with a smart display in the Paddy Power On Your Mobile 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle at Leopardstown.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Anna Merveldt has narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Grand Prix Special in the Olympic Dressage at Greenwich Park.
Ireland secured their first victory in the 2012 Nations Cup series at Hickstead this afternoon with a classy display of jumping that left just four faults on the team card at the end of two rounds.
Cian O'Connor: show jumping
Cian O'Connor will compete in the London 2012 Olympics, after the Olympic Council of Ireland confirmed his nomination to the Irish Olympic show jumping team.
Denis Lynch will not compete with the Irish Olympic show jumping team, it has been announced.
Billy Twomey: show jumping
Horse Sport Ireland has nominated Billy Twomey and Denis Lynch to the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) to represent Ireland in show jumping at the Olympics in London.