An unlikely Italian job in Dublin

IT WAS a case of out but not down for Italy yesterday, when the already-relegated Mediterraneans won the €200,000 nations cup at the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show.

Having sealed their demotion from the elite Meydan Series with a raft of poor performances, there was good justification to believe that the 500/1 odds offered by Cashman’s bookmakers were not overly generous.

However, when the competition’s second-last rider Piergiorgio Bucci steered Kanebo over the last fence clear, it was revealed that miracles do happen as the crowd erupted in delight that an underdog had prevailed.