Ireland achieve season’s best fourth in Rotterdam
Cian O’Connor was back on track with his new mount Blue Loyd, providing the team’s only clear to add to his opening five faults. Jessica Kürten (Voss) scored 5/8, while Denis Lynch (Abbervail van het Dingeshof) opened with four faults and had one time fault on his return. Clem McMahon was impressive with Pacino — having been called up for Shane Breen after Cos I Can picked up an injury — incurring a single time fault and four faults second time out for a team total of 15 faults.
On Thursday Ireland manager Robert Splaine said that “Pacino is untested at this level, but is certainly the horse being talked about at the moment. As everyone knows, though, talking is best done in the ring”. Yesterday, he liked what he had heard.
