SHOWJUMPINGIRELAND has suspended its rule sanctioning members who attend unaffiliated shows, as it “digests” a Competition Authority report on the rule.

THIS week it emerged that:

IRELAND show jumping manager Robert Splaine has blended two debutants with three riders boasting vast experience in his nations cup squad for next week’s Dublin Horse Show.

IRELAND’S good start to the FEI Nations Cup League ended yesterday, when the team finished seventh in St Gallen, Switzerland.

JESSICA KÜRTEN has been named on the Irish squad for next Friday’s Swiss Nations Cup.

IRELAND’S show jumpers yesterday won their second Nations Cup in a week, taking top spot in the Promotional League contest in Copenhagen.

AN Italian job is not beyond the bounds of possibility in the second leg of the FEI Nations Cup League next week, according to Ireland show jumping manager Robert Splaine, who has nominated the same quartet that won last weekend’s French Nations Cup in his Rome squad.

IRELAND show jumping team manager Robert Splaine believes the nations cup in Wellington, Florida last weekend provided him with a couple of combinations for his Meydan Series assault later this year.

THE first nations cup of the season and Robert Splaine is on a scouting mission.

COMMANDANT John Ledingham will not be applying for the newly-advertised position of team manager to the Irish international show jumping team.

PERHAPS it was an early celebration ahead of St Patrick’s Day, but Ireland’s show jumpers ensured Florida was green last Sunday when winning the first Samsung Nations Cup of the season.

IRELAND'S show jumping chef d'equipe designate Eddie Macken answered his detractors in emphatic fashion at the weekend as he led a makeshift team to victory in the Nations Cup at Wellington, Florida.