Ireland's Burke third in Mannheim

Clare-born Marie Burke took a third place in the Grand Prix Qualifier at Mannheim, Germany today (Friday) with her Irish- bred stallion Chippison.

Burke, who is competing in the non-championship CSI classes at Mannheim, has now booked herself a slot in Saturday afternoon's Grand Prix.

Today's Qualifying class was won by Portugal's Luciana Diniz, who was just over two seconds faster than the 43 year-old Irish rider.