Animal welfare society praise ‘angel’ show jumper

WORLD-CLASS show jumper Denis Lynch was yesterday described as “an angel in disguise” by the Irish Society for the Protection of Animals for his work in alleviating the suffering of horses.

The German-based Tipperary rider was at the ISPCA’s Victor Dowling Equine Rescue Centre in Mallow, Co Cork, to see how some of the staggering €190,000 he has raised is being spent on rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing neglected horses.

ISPCA director Barbara Bent said: “Denis is an angel in disguise. He has given us a belief that we can continue our work and he has secured a safe future for the horses in our care.”