Cian O’Connor: Nations Cup series badly in need of review

Ireland is joint second-last in the Furusiyya Nations Cup Series, but it was news to Cian O’Connor yesterday.

Cian O’Connor: Nations Cup series badly in need of review

The Olympic bronze medallist believes that the format for the sport’s showcase league is convoluted — with only four countries in the 10-country Europe Division One picking up points at each of eight shows — and he has, to all intents and purposes, given up trying to figure out the permutations.

That’s not to say, however, that this detracts from tomorrow’s nations cup at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show in the RDS, with O’Connor, like every Irish rider, dreaming of lifting the Aga Khan Trophy.

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