Jayne Doherty would be the first to acknowledge she does not do “quietly confident”.

SHOW jumper Denis Lynch has risen to second in the Rolex World Cup league table following his fifth place with Abbervail van het Dingeshof in Mechelen, Belgium, yesterday.

CIAN O’Connor gave a masterclass in show jumping at Millstreet Horse Show yesterday, taking the top two places in the €25,000 grand prix, having earlier won the prestigious Boomerang final.

It was all systems go yesterday at both the unaffiliated Millstreet Horse Show All-Ireland Championships in Co Cork and the Showjumping Ireland National Championships in Co Kildare.

NUMBERS were better than expected yesterday at the opening of the Millstreet Horse Show All-Ireland Championships, as many of the show jumping fraternity defied the threat of sanction by the sport’s national governing body to attend the Cork event.

IRELAND’S show jumpers put in a battling performance to finish third in the nations cup at Lummen, Belgium, yesterday, despite elimination for pathfinder Cian O’Connor and Splendor.

THOLM KEANE’S tenacity ensured he only relinquished his claim to the 2008 Premier Series title in a dramatic finale at Millstreet.

Paul O'Shea got his domestic season off the mark today winning the latest round of the Boswell Equestrian Centre National Grand Prix League, staged at Coilog, Co Kildare.

CZECH Jaroslav Hatla, riding Kyrenejennalla’s Boy, may have won the feature three-star competition at a sun-drenched Ballindenisk International Horse Trials in Cork yesterday, but it was the gutsy performance of Jane O’Flynn and Kilnadeema Star, who finished runner-up, that most warmed the attendance.

THE Irish Horse Board is to cut supports for organisations such as the Show Jumping Association of Ireland, following a reduction in its Government funding.