IRELAND’S aspirations in the European Show Jumping Championships were dealt a crushing blow yesterday with the withdrawal of Clarion Hotels Coolcorron Cool Diamond and Roberts Splaine.

NEXT month’s Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show will carry a prize fund of €600,000, it was announced yesterday.

THE international show jumping selectors grasped the nettle this week and teamed Jessica Kürten with Cian O’Connor for the nations cup at next month’s Dublin Horse Show.

IRELAND’S showjumpers climbed out of the relegation zone in the Samsung Super League yesterday, when placed fourth in the Nations Cup at Rotterdam.

IRELAND go into today’s Samsung Super League nations cup at Rotterdam bidding to fan the embers of hope that appeared in St Gallen.

IRELAND’S show jumpers yesterday slumped to their second successive last-place finish in the Samsung Nations Cup Super League.

ARMY rider Captain Shane Carey took a cautious view yesterday ahead of today’s Samsung Super League competition in Rome.

DUBLINER Michael Stone yesterday said he hopes to replace Bo Helander as head of the Federation Internationale Equestre (FEI).

HARRY MARSHALL yesterday said his forthcoming disciplinary hearing will not prove a distraction as he lines out in today’s Samsung Super League opener in La Baule, France.