After Barcelona, where in the world are we now?

After Sunday’s clinching of an Olympic place in show jumping in Barcelona, Irish equestrian sport has moved to a place it’s never been before. The country will have eventing, dressage, and show jumping teams at next year’s Olympics - the first time ever that the sport in this country has been able to say that.

Only six other nations have qualified their three disciplines to compete in Tokyo - Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Sweden and USA. Japan will have the total package too, but as hosts they didn’t have to qualify.