Showjumping legends can now live forever

Irish showjumping first encountered the unsettling business of déjà vu when Denis Lynch withdrew in Beijing.

After the Athens embarrassment, no wonder the sport’s administrators, as much as its horses, became hypersensitive. This week that twitchiness cost Lynch.

But soon every jump-off may feel like one we’ve seen before — word also filtered out this week of the FEI’s decision to allow cloned horses into equestrian events, including the Olympics.