“When he hit that hill, it was like he was doing what he was bred to do.”

IRELAND’S team manager Robert Splaine last night took only positives from yesterday’s third place in the nations cup at the Dublin Horse Show, despite the result failing to lift them from the bottom of the Samsung Super League.

The highlight of the Kerrygold Dublin Horseshow takes place at the RDS today as seven countries compete for the prestigious Aga Khan Nations Cup.