The FEI has announced that next month’s World Cup Finals in show jumping and dressage have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus. “It is very regrettable, but the decision was out of our hands,” FEI President Ingmar De Vos said.

Irish riders failed to make an impression in Saturday’s $372,000 World Cup grand prix at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida, but Darragh Kenny and Conor Swail scored a couple of consolation prizes in the run-up.

Show jumper Cameron Hanley returns to competition in Spain next week almost two years after a freak injury nearly ended his career.