Irish team eliminated as Germany retain title

IRELAND’S misery in the European Show Jumping Championships was complete yesterday, when the team was eliminated from the competition in San Patrignano, Italy.

Disaster struck for the second time in as many days when Dermott Lennon’s stallion Condios refused to jump the last fence, a double comprising an oxer and upright with water trays. It brought his competition to an abrupt end, two refusals leading to his elimination, and, consequently, the team’s elimination.

The team had already suffered the enforced withdrawal of Robert Splaine on Thursday, after Clarion Hotels Coolcorron Cool Diamond unseated the Corkman and subsequently pulled up lame.