Ireland eventing coach Nick Turner is hopeful the good times will continue this weekend as he leads his charges in the Eventing Nations Cup final in Boekelo, the Netherlands.

“Wonderful, wonderful,” was the reaction yesterday of Joseph Murphy following his win with Sportsfield Othello in the feature three-star contest at the Johnson and Perrott Land Rover International Horse Trials at Ballindenisk, Co Cork.

Britain’s Ollie Townend returns to the Johnson and Perrott Land Rover Ballindenisk International Horse Trials on a horse he’s nicknamed Imperial Disaster, and Bandon-based Michael Ryan feels he’s still a good bet to win the Goresbridge Go For Gold €50,000 bonus.

HORSES have galloped across the Fell family farm in Ballindenisk, Co Cork, for generations.

The flags of five countries will fly at Ballindenisk Horse Trials next week, as the Cork venue continues to build on its stature.

Ballindenisk will host the European Championships in 2019, if the Fell family ambitions are realised.

Ballindenisk Horse Trials is boosting its attractiveness with the offer of a €50,000 bonus.

Jayne Doherty would be the first to acknowledge she does not do “quietly confident”.

MICHAEL RYAN was yesterday named among the six eventing riders to carry Irish hopes in the Alltech World Equestrian Games (WEG), which begin this month in Kentucky and he took the opportunity to highlight the importance of the Cork venue, Ballindenisk, to the sport in Ireland.

THE Fell family are aiming to stage the Ballindenisk Eventing World Cup qualifier again next year, despite the sport’s national governing body yesterday backing an application by Tattersall’s, Co Meath.

THE Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) has yet to review the reports on the recent Ballindenisk Eventing World Cup qualifier, which proved controversial after many riders withdrew over the hard ground.

AS if an inaugural World Cup qualifier was not enough, Ballindenisk stages another first this Sunday, as Team Chase Ireland cuts its first turf.