Nations Cup fourth not enough to stop Irish slide

IRELAND’S show jumpers finished a creditable fourth in the Nations Cup at Hickstead yesterday, but still slipped to last place in the Samsung Super League.

Ireland were placed second-last in the league going into the British fixture, but they were forced to trade places with the Dutch who placed third yesterday. Germany ran out winners ahead of the US.

Cian O’Connor, on Waterford Crystal, in his first Nations Cup since his ban ended, kept the team in the hunt in the first round with a clear.