Our horse breeders feature high on Olympic podium

Irish horses have always been world-beaters, so it was no surprise to see two of them helping their riders to Olympic silver medals in eventing in London.

Years of hard work are paying off for our Olympic competitors, as the medals start to come — and what about our Irish horse breeders?

High Kingdom, bred by William Micklem, Annacrivey Stud, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, has been one of the heroes for the British fans — carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter, Zara Phillips, to a silver team medal in eventing.