Tipperary’s Padraig McCarthy has equaled Ireland best finish of the last decade at Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials in the UK, taking eighth place overall following today’s final Show Jumping phase – the same result achieved by Aoife Clark in 2013 and 2015. McCarthy and the 13-year-old gelding Mr Chunky had produced once of the fastest Cross Country rounds on Saturday, adding just 6.4 time penalties to their Dressage score of 28.9. They jumped clear in the final Show Jumping phase with just three time penalties to leave them in eighth overall on a final score of 38.3. Joseph Murphy was the next best of the Irish in 13th with Sportsfield Othello (ISH) (49.3), Ciaran Glynn and November Night (ISH)(TIH) finished 25th, while Alan Nolan with Bronze Flight came home in 52nd. Irish Sport Horses continued to show they are the best in the world at Eventing – filling four […]
