Clark’s Adventure continues with second place in France

Aoife Clark continues to tap into a rich vein of form, giving Ireland its best ever result at the World Breeding Championships for Young Eventing Horses in Le Lion d’Angers, France, when second on Fernhill Adventure in the class for seven-year-olds.

Bred by Kanturk’s Mary Quinlivan and owned by Richard Last, the bay gelding jumped a clear cross-country. He lowered one fence in yesterday’s show jumping phase for a total of 45.10pens, but this was good enough to elevate Kildare’s Clark one place, as eight faults dropped overnight leader Mathieu Lemoine (Bart L) to third on 45.80pens.

France’s Thomas Carlile and Sirocco du Gers took gold on their dressage score of 38.10pens, having also filled first place in the championship for six-year-olds with Tenareze.