Splaine cautious about Irish prospects

Despite the successes achieved last year, Ireland show jumping manager Robert Splaine was yesterday in no mood for talking up his squad’s chances in this year’s Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Series.

Speaking ahead of today’s opening leg of Division 1 of the series at La Baule, France, Splaine referred to the perennial Irish problem of horsepower.

“We had successful year last year, including victory in Dublin, which helped us to finish third in the series, plus we won an Olympic medal.