HSI agree to independent review of Olympics failure

HORSE Sport Ireland (HSI) has yielded to pressure and opted to initiate an independent review of Ireland’s failure to qualify a show jumping team for the Olympics.

In a statement issued last night, HSI confirmed the review of the Senior Show Jumping High Performance Programme “will be tasked with identifying the key factors that contributed to the Irish team’s non-qualification for the Olympic Games and will make recommendations for changes in the programme for the future”.

It said it would tender shortly for a company to undertake the review and it expected to have the report for the first HSI board meeting in January.