Following an on-course incident in which a member of the arena fence crew ran across the track as Irish rider Cian O’Connor was turning towards the 11th fence during the Team Final at the FEI European Jumping Championships 2015 in Aachen (GER), the Irish chef d’equipe Robert Splaine and athlete Cian O’Connor lodged a protest. […]
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A dramatic turn of events at the Team Final of the European Championships could be blamed for the loss of Olympic 2016 qualification for Team Ireland due to possible ring party interference during Cian O’Connor’s round with Good Luck. O’Connor was riding the 9-year-old Belgian Warmblood stallion owned by Adena Springs in the Team Final, and […]
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Robert Splaine, Ireland’s Showjumping Team Manager, has announced the Investec Irish Showjumping squad for the European Championships due to take place at Aachen in Germany from August 19-23rd. The Investec Irish Showjumping squad for the Europeans will be: Bertram Allen (20), County Wexford, & Molly Malone V – 2004 grey mare owned by Ballywalter Farms Greg Broderick (29), County Tipperary, […]
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International Riders List for Global Champions Tour of Chantilly (FRA) Australia Edwina Tops-Alexander Belgium Gudrun Patteet Constant Van Paesschen Gregory Wathelet Canada Eric Lamaze Colombia Carlos Lopez El Salvador José Alfredo Hernández Ortega France Timothée Anciaume Alexis Borrin Roger-Yves Bost Aymeric de Ponnat Patrice Delaveau Simon Delestre Julien Epaillard Pénélope Leprevost Philippe Rozier Greece Athina […]
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