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Cian O'Connor and Clenur (Photo: Sportfot)

Cian O'Connor third in Florida

Ireland's Olympic and European bronze medalist Cian O'Connor landed a podium finish in last night's five-star $384,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida, USA.

Equestrian • 11 Feb 18

Cian O'Connor becomes the third Irish rider to win a European individual medal

Cian O'Connor wins bronze at European Championships

Cian O'Connor has claimed the individual bronze medal at the Longines FEI European Championships in Gothenburg.

Equestrian • 27 Aug 17

Individual success for O'Connor and Lynch at the RDS

Ireland's incredible winning run in the individual international classes at the Dublin Horse Show continued on Saturday, with Cian O'Connor and Denis Lynch taking Ireland's total number of victories so far to six.

Equestrian • 12 Aug 17

Allen was a winner on the second day of the Dublin Horse Show

Allen keeps up Ireland's winning run at RDS

Ireland's brilliant run of results at the 2017 Dublin Horse Show continued this afternoon (Thursday), with Wexford's Bertram Allen (pictured) guiding Izzy By Picobello to victory in the Anglesea Serpentine Stakes.

Equestrian • 10 Aug 17

Cian O'Connor took third place in Austria

Anthony Condon takes top prize on Balzac

Waterford's Anthony Condon has taken the winners trophy in the biggest competition of the week at Bolesworth four-star International in the UK after he guided Balzac to victory in the Equerry Grand Prix.

Equestrian • 18 Jun 17

Cian O'Connor strikes again at five-star Treffen show

Cian O'Connor's winning streak continued today at Treffen's five-star show in Austria, as the Meath-based rider guided the 10-year-old gelding Callisto to victory in the 1m 55 jump-off class.

Equestrian • 17 Jun 17

Cian O'Connor keeps up winning run in Austria

Cian O'Connor continued his winning run by taking victory in Thursday's 1m 45 speed class at the five-star show at Treffen, Austria.

Equestrian • 15 Jun 17

Cian O'Connor and Good Luck took the victory

Cian O'Connor sparkles at Polish Nations Cup

Ireland's Cian O'Connor and the 11-year-old stallion Good Luck produced a stunning performance to win today's five-star Grand Prix at the Polish Nations Cup show in Sopot – just a week after O'Connor returned from a six week lay-off with a groin injury.

Equestrian • 11 Jun 17

Cian O'Connor shone once again Stateside

Cian O'Connor breaks American hearts in Florida

For the second time in less than 48 hours, Ireland's Cian O'Connor and Seringat broke American hearts in Florida, after they claimed a stunning jump-off win in the $100,000 City Of Ocala four-star Grand Prix.

Equestrian • 19 Feb 17

Cian O'Connor jumped double clear to hand Ireland victory in Florida

O'Connor jumps double clear as Ireland win in US

An outstanding performance from the Irish Show Jumping team saw them score a memorable victory in the $100,000 four-star Nations Cup at Ocala in Florida on Friday night.

Equestrian • 18 Feb 17

Cian O'Connor dedicated the win to his mother

O'Connor wins GP to become Show Jumper of Year

Ireland's Cian O'Connor has been crowned Leading Show Jumper of the Year after winning the curtain-closing Grand Prix at The Horse Of The Year Show in Birmingham last night.

Equestrian • 10 Oct 16

Cian O’Connor takes his horse Good Luck into the $2 Million CP International Grand Prix

O’Connor warms up for CP International with a win

Cian O’Connor and the nine-year-old gelding Callisto came out on top in the Suncor Energy Winning Round at the five-star Spruce Meadows Masters in Canada.

Equestrian • 11 Sep 16

Team Ireland celebrates last year's Aga Khan success

O'Connor 'quietly confident' of Aga Khan success

Olympic medallist Cian O’Connor is hopeful that Team Ireland can handle the favourites tag as they look to defend their Aga Khan Nations Cup title at the RDS today.

Equestrian • 22 Jul 16

O'Connor claims speed victory at five-star

Irish riders were quick out of the blocks on the opening day of Aachen’s five-star fixture in Germany today, with Cian O’Connor claiming a victory while Jonathan Gordon finished second in another competition.

Equestrian • 13 Jul 16

Good Luck for Cian O'Connor at Florida Grand Prix

Cian O’Connor added to a superb weekend for Irish equestrian sport, collecting $200,000 after a runner-up finish in the Great American Million Dollar Grand Prix at Ocala in Florida.

Equestrian • 27 Mar 16

The Ireland team celebrate a memorable victory

O'Connor steers Ireland to brilliant Florida win

The Irish team produced an outstanding performance in the early hours of Saturday morning to win a thrilling Nations Cup contest at Wellington in Florida.

Equestrian • 05 Mar 16

O'Connor eyes glory at $150,000 Florida event

Cian O'Connor will be part of the Irish team that lines out Friday night for the $150,000 Nations' Cup competition at Wellington in Florida.

Equestrian • 04 Mar 16

Cian O’Connor fourth in Florida

Cian O’Connor and the 10-year-old stallion Good Luck scored an excellent fourth place finish, in the five-star Grand Prix at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida in the early hours of his morning.

Equestrian • 28 Feb 16

Cian O'Connor aboard Coco II - the duo only just missed out on glory at Olympia

O'Connor just misses speed stakes win

Ireland’s Cian O’Connor was just squeezed out in the race for a prestigious prize at the London International Horse Show at Olympia on Monday.

Equestrian • 21 Dec 15

Cian O'Connor's final run at the the European Championships was disrupted by an official

Reports: Ireland to appeal to FEI over incident

It has been reported this evening that Horse Sport Ireland met with their legal team this morning and plan to proceed with legal action against the International Equestrian Federation following the Cian O'Connor incident at the recent European Equestrian Championships.

Equestrian • 03 Sep 15

Cian O'Connor's round was impeded by an official walking into his path during his round

Irish jumpers out of Rio 2016 as appeal rejected

Cian O'Connor says he is "totally gutted" after the Ireland showjumping team's Rio Olympics qualification hopes were wrecked in controversial fashion at the FEI European Championships.

Equestrian • 22 Aug 15

O'Connor scoops leading rider prize in Florida

Meath's Cian O'Connor was awarded the $10,000 leading rider prize in Florida on Sunday after taking two wins and a second place at the Live Oak International show over the weekend.

Equestrian • 23 Mar 15

Billy Twomey and Royale de Rouet in action

Twomey claims first Irish win at HOTY show

Cork rider Billy Twomey has claimed Ireland's first international win at the British Horse of the Year Show in Birmingham, England, with victory in the Five Fence Challenge.

Equestrian • 10 Oct 14

Cian O'Connor was in action for Ireland in Wellington, Florida

Ireland joint-fourth in Florida

IRELAND'S show jumping team finished equal fourth with Brazil at Wellington in Florida in their first Nations' Cup of 2014 on Friday night, after a marathon competition that saw 12 teams taking part.

Equestrian • 01 Mar 14

Cian O'Connor: 'I knew it was going to be mission impossible to beat Kent, so I just tried to jump a clear round'

Second place for O'Connor in Florida

Cian O'Connor added to Ireland's recent run of successes in the US with a second place in the St Valentine's Day Grand Prix in Florida.

Equestrian • 15 Feb 14

Cian OConnor