A single error in the opening round kept Denis Lynch out of the battle for the €400,000 on offer in Saturday’s Global Champions Tour grand prix final in Abu Dhabi.

Twenty-two year-old Helen Kearney claimed an individual bronze medal for Ireland at the European Para Dressage Championships in Belgium today.

HORSE Sport Ireland’s performance manager for ponies and children on horses, Ian Fearon, yesterday said Ireland should target next year’s inaugural pony and junior nations cup series.