It has been confirmed that Ireland will not be sending a showjumping team to the Olympic Games this year. The news came on the eve of the Dublin Horse Show.

Report shows Irish showjumping team competing in the Nations Cup at the 1987 Dublin Horse Show.

Interview with Trevor Coyle and Commandant Gerry Mullins on the decision not to send a team to the Olympics.

Horses in stables at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS).

Interview with Pat Martin, RDS Chairman, on prospects for a good Horse Show.

Horses and riders preparing for the show.

Interview with Jan Leitschuh, Chef d'Equipe of the North Carolina Triangle Hunt, on the quality of the Irish hunter horses.

The reporter is Caroline Erskine.

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