Splaine upbeat as wins keep coming

Ireland’s show jumpers made it three wins in two days at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show yesterday, giving team manager Robert Splaine cause to be particularly upbeat ahead of today’s decisive nations cup contest.

His team were yesterday drawn last of the eight countries in the battle for the Aga Khan trophy, and Splaine, rightly, spoke of a camp brimming with confidence.

“I’m delighted. The performance of all the individual riders and the team has been excellent this week and all these little percentages are good for morale. The confidence will be strong in the nations cup class,” he said, before quickly adding “not that it would be otherwise anyway, as they are four accomplished riders”.