Sarah Ennis was "in shock" yesterday after achieving the biggest win of her career at Chatsworth Horse Trials in England.

Sam Watson proved best of the Irish at the European Eventing Championships in Malmo, Sweden, placing 21st, as the team finished seventh of 10 countries.

Ireland’s show jumpers battled to second place in the world’s richest nations cup on a superb weekend that saw their compatriots pick up medals at the European Junior Eventing Championships and in the pentathlon at the Junior World Championships.

Ireland’s eventing pony riders lifted double gold and a bronze medal at the European Championships in Fontainebleau, France, yesterday to crown a magnificent weekend for Irish equestrian sport.

IRISH show jumper Marie Burke was upbeat last night ahead of the penultimate round of the World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Aachen, Germany, today.