Ireland settle for second as USA win dramatic Aga Khan by narrowest margin

TO THE VICTORS: Team USA from left to right Lucy Davis, Aaron Vale, Chef d'Equipe Robert Ridland, Mclain Ward and Spencer Smith celebrate with the Aga Khan Trophy. Pic: INPHO/Tom Maher

Ireland have finished an agonising second in the Nations Cup at the Dublin Horse Show for the Aga Khan Trophy.

Michael Blake’s team of Darragh Kenny, Mark McAuley, Denis Lynch and Cian O’Connor fought bravely until the end but came up short by a solitary pole down, pipped by United States after anchor rider McLain Ward delivered a clear round under pressure on Callas to secure the victory.