Millstreet show secures Olympic jumps

Jumps used during last year’s London Olympics will grace the Green Glens arena next week for the annual Millstreet Horse Show.

So far, the Irish rider most familiar with them is Cian O’Connor who won bronze at the 2012 Games. That is all set to change as the number of entries for Ireland’s biggest annual equestrian event is set to rise for the second year running, with a total prize fund of more than €180,000 on offer.

The owner of Green Glens, Noel C Duggan, is chuffed with what could be termed a “coup de grass” by his son Thomas, the show’s director who negotiated the sale of the jumps in London.