Irish eventer 10th after dressage phase

Horse Sport Ireland coach Ginny Elliott was still optimistic this morning about Ireland's hopes after the dressage phase of the Three Day Event in Hong Kong left the team in tenth place of eleven teams competing.

"Remember we are just 60 penalties behind the leaders. Sixty penalties is equivalent to one fall or three refusals. Anything can happen at this stage of the event, and I would rather we fought back from this position, which we are capable of doing, rather than fall from a higher one. There's a lot of work to do tomorrow on the cross-country course, but I'm still very positive," she said.