Vard hopeful despite Macken’s rejection of post

HEAD of the senior show jumping selectors Taylor Vard was sanguine yesterday despite the latest set-back to hit the sport: Eddie Macken’s rejection of the post of chef d’equipe/trainer.

Adamant that the team would prevail in the approaching Samsung Nations Cup Super League, Vard revealed that he himself would be chef d’equipe in the league opener at La Baule, France, next month.

“Eddie is not coming on board,” he said this week.