Cian O’Connor takes his relatively recent acquisition Irenice Horta to this week’s four-star Horses and Dreams fixture at Hagen in Germany.

SHOW jumper Marion Hughes won the grand prix in the two-star show at Vilamoura, Portugal, yesterday, while also slotting into sixth.

IF experience can buy one thing, it is the ability to deal with success and failure... and Irish show jumping team manager Robert Splaine has more than enough experience to handle the proverbial two sides of the same coin.