Five days from today Ireland’s dressage team will commence their bid for honours and a possible Tokyo 2020 place when the European Championships get under way in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. The Championships feature Dressage, Show Jumping and Para-Dressage, and it will be the dressage competition that gets the whole affair underway on Monday.

Para-Olympian Helen Kearney showed she has what it takes yesterday, when placing third in her grade on the second day of the team equestrian competition in London.

Riders had to dip into their own pockets after expected funding for the Paralympics did not materialise, according to their chef d’equipe.

Para-equestrian riders had to dip into their own pockets, after expected funding for the Paralympics did not materialise, according to their chef d’equipe.