Last weekend’s RTÉ Team Of The Year accolade for Ireland’s show jumpers may have crowned a memorable 2017 for equestrian sport in this country, but we’re not quite done for the year yet.

The RDS and other historic show jumping venues could face serious competition in remaining in the top-level Nations Cup series if proposals for a revamp proceed next year.

SHOWJUMPER Denis Lynch yesterday filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the provisional suspension imposed at the Olympics when his mount, Lantinus, tested positive for a banned substance.

INTERNATIONAL event rider Eric Smiley yesterday conceded that fatalities will never be eliminated from the sport, which took the lives of nine riders in 2007.