The Irish Equestrian team has been knocked out of the Samsung Nations Cup at La Baule, France, after a disappointing first round of 32 penalties. Cameron Hanley, riding Ballaseyr Twilight had eight faults, Dermott Lennon had 12 on Liscalgot, and Peter Charles also had 12 faults on Traxdata Carnavelley. The fourth member of the Irish team, Billy Twomey, riding Brokers Caramia, suffered a fall during his round, and therefore became the discard score. This put the Irish out of the second round, along with the Swiss, who also racked up 32 penalties, and the Germans, who had 36 penalties. The French team won the opening competition in the outdoor showjumping season with seven victories out of the twelve classes.
Penalties after Round One
SWITZERLAND 32
IRELAND 32
BELGIUM 12
ITALY 20
FRANCE 8
SPAIN 20
NETHERLANDS 4
GT. BRITAIN 16
GERMANY 36
Final scores for the six qualifying teams in Round Two
1 FRANCE 12 penalties, Time 255.15
2 BELGIUM 16 penalties, Time 261.58
3 ITALY 28 penalties, Time 260.39
4 GT. BRITAIN 28 penalties, Time 261.48
5 NETHERLANDS 33 penalties, Time 263.93
6 SPAIN 49 penalties, Time 275.75
