SHOW Jumping Association of Ireland (SJAI) chairperson Patricia Furlong yesterday described the association’s decision to relinquish control of all international teams to the Equestrian Federation of Ireland (EFI) as a positive development for the sport at grassroots level.

PUNCHESTOWN was bathed in the unwelcome light of politics again during the week with the publication of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee report into the circumstances of its State funding.