EFI president Avril Doyle said there were “more questions than answers” arising out of Waterford Crystal’s missing ‘B’ sample. With the help of Prof Michael Lambert, a member of the FEI Medications Sub-committee and one of the few FEI officials prepared to comment yesterday, Noel Baker tries to answer a few of them.

SHOW jumping was never this interesting ... and even some of the sport’s aficionados would agree with this sentiment.

The door of the office of the Equestrian Federation of Ireland (EFI) in Kildare was forced and a cabinet rifled through during a break-in overnight.

The International Equestrian Federation has revealed that the B-sample taken from Olympic winning horse Waterford Crystal has been stolen.