Living The Dream lived up to its name yesterday for Mayo show jumper Alex Duffy, the pairing finishing third in a competitive grand prix in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Marion Hughes kept the Irish flag flying in China on Saturday when second in the World Cup in Chengdu.

IRELAND'S Jessica Kurten stepped up a gear tonight when taking a third place in the big 1m50 competition at Monte Carlo with Lady Georgina Forbes's 'Castle Forbes Libertina'.

IRELAND’S team manager Robert Splaine last night took only positives from yesterday’s third place in the nations cup at the Dublin Horse Show, despite the result failing to lift them from the bottom of the Samsung Super League.