Billy Twomey is confident that he and Denis Lynch have won two individual spots for Ireland in the Olympics, saying that, with almost three weeks to go to the March 1 cut-off date, they cannot be caught by Spain’s Sergio Alvarez Moya.

SHOWJUMPINGIRELAND (SJI) chairman Christy Murphy has visited Ennis to inspect the showgrounds following the decision of the organisation’s executive to cancel the national championships, which were scheduled to take place at the Clare venue at the end of August.

IT WAS a case of out but not down for Italy yesterday, when the already-relegated Mediterraneans won the €200,000 nations cup at the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show.