Defining weekend for Olympic eventing hopefuls

Jayne Doherty would be the first to acknowledge she does not do “quietly confident”.

Thus, as Irish eventing approaches a defining weekend in Ballindenisk, the sport’s elite making a final push for a place at the Olympics, Doherty did not hesitate in focussing on the positive.

“Having pulled out my personal best score at the combined training at Coilog last weekend — I scored 41 on The Only One and 49.7 on Ravenstar — I feel as if I have got my dressage sorted.