Eventing rider Sam Watson pulled off a stunning recovery to finish eighth in the three-star at Saumur, France, yesterday.

Tipperary's Denis Lynch took the honours in this afternoon's Derby at the five-star show in La Baule, France, riding Flaminia Straumann's 13 year-old gelding Night Train.

THE market for Irish horses in China is full of potential, Horse Sport Ireland chief executive Damian McDonald said yesterday, but he acknowledged a number of obstacles needed to be overcome.

JAYNE DOHERTY’S dressage performance yesterday saw her the Irish standard bearer in the CCI three-star class at Tattersalls Horse Trials.

“SATISFACTORY” is how Ireland show jumping manager Robert Splaine described his team’s sixth place in yesterday’s Meydan FEI Nations Cup opener in La Baule, France.

US-BASED show jumpers Shane Sweetnam and Kevin Babington are among a five-man squad named yesterday for next week’s Meydan Nations Cup Series opener in La Baule, France.

THE Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) yesterday dismissed Jessica Kurten’s appeal against the two-month suspension imposed by an International Equestrian Federation (FEI) tribunal after the mare Castle Forbes Maike tested positive for a banned medication.

THE two-month suspension imposed by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) on Jessica Kürten after the horse Castle Forbes Maike tested positive for a banned medication came into effect today, despite the show jumper issuing a 12th-hour appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Tipperary-born Denis Lynch rounded off a superb Irish weekend at the five-star show in La Baule, France with a decisive win in the Grand Prix this afternoon, taking the winner's prize purse of

The Irish Nations' Cup team were expected to struggle on their return to the Samsung Super League after a year's absence, but managed to finish a very creditable equal second at La Baule, France this afternoon.

IRELAND show jumping team manager Robert Splaine set out his stall for this year’s Samsung Super League, saying his aim was firstly to maintain our place among the world’s elite.

After a week of assessment in Wellington, Florida, Irish Show Jumping team manager Robert Splaine today announced his team to compete in the US Nations' Cup on Friday, March 7.

SHOW jumper Jessica Kürten last night refused to accept the imposition of a minor fine by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) after it revealed the B sample taken from the horse Castle Forbes Maike had confirmed the presence of a prohibited substance.

THE board of Eventing Ireland met last night under fire from riders, owners and event organisers.

DESPITE racking up 41 faults, Ireland’s show jumpers placed second to France in the nations cup at Zagreb yesterday.

JESSICA KÜRTEN came out fighting this week, with her lawyer sending a hard-hitting letter to the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) regarding its testing of the B sample taken from Castle Forbes Maike.

The Equestrian Federation of Ireland has issued a statement confirming that Jessica Kurten's horse - Castle Forbes Maike - tested positive for a prohibited substance on an A Sample.

THE secretary general of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), Michael Stone, last night said he is going to launch an investigation into how it emerged a horse ridden by Jessica Kürten, Castle Forbes Maike, tested positive for a banned substance.

Jessica Kurten racked up the best Irish result so far at this weekend's five star show in Madrid, Spain when taking second place this morning in the 1m40 speed class with her new nine-year-old chestnut mare Kalande de Grez.

AN air of expectation more so than optimism permeated the select group at the Equestrian Federation of Ireland’s (EFI) presentation of its jumping committee last Monday.

HARRY MARSHALL yesterday said his forthcoming disciplinary hearing will not prove a distraction as he lines out in today’s Samsung Super League opener in La Baule, France.