Irish show jumping team wins Swiss Nations Cup

The Irish show jumping team produced a stunning performance to win a rain-soaked Swiss Nations Cup in St Gallen today.

Tipperary’s Greg Broderick was the star performer with a double-clear round riding MHS Going Global.

Ireland held joint second place at the halfway stage thanks to Broderick’s clear round and four fault scores from Denis Lynch with All Star 5 and Cian O’Connor riding Good Luck.

Three second round clears in a row from Broderick, O’Connor and Bertram Allen riding Molly Malone, saw Ireland lift the trophy on a total of eight faults, with Sweden, France, Germany and The United States tied for second.

Horse Sport Ireland Show Jumping Team Manager Robert Splaine said: "Obviously I am very pleased with the result here in St Gallen.

"Our season got off to bad start with the cancellation of the Belgian round in Lummen due to bad weather and because of the way points for that show will now be calculated - based on an average of our scores in the remaining rounds, it was vital that we got a good result today which we did.

"Clear rounds are always difficult to come by and to get three in the second round and of course a double clear round from Greg Broderick and Going Global was excellent," Splaine added. "We have a great team spirit and I am delighted for all our riders, our horse’s owners and for the country. It doesn’t make my selection next week for the Olympic Games any easier but that is as it should be, as Ireland is a very strong Show Jumping nation and I wouldn’t expect it any other way."