Third-place finish boosts Burke’s chances of getting place in Irish squad

SHOWJUMPER Marie Burke hopes her third place in yesterday’s Longines Grand Prix at the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show will earn her a place in Ireland’s World Equestrian Games (WEG) squad.

The Clare rider steered her big-jumping stallion Chippison to a text-book double-clear, marred only by one time fault in round one, to finish behind American winner Molly Ashe (Neuville) and Switzerland’s Markus Fuchs (La Toya).

Afterwards, Burke said her third place should make Irish team manager Robert Splaine take notice.