Irish show jumpers prop up league

IRELAND’S show jumpers dropped to the bottom of the Samsung Super League yesterday, after finishing second last in the German Nations Cup in Aachen.

The result came despite second-round clears from Captain Shane Carey on Killossery and Shane Breen on World Cruise, and dampened early hopes of a revival in Irish fortunes.

It is the second time in as many weeks that the team, under chef d’equipe Robert Splaine, finished one from the bottom in the eight-country league and now find themselves on the bottom on two points, 1.5 points behind Sweden.