Irish Sport Horses dominate at 2019 Badminton Horse Trials as Vanir Kamira (ISH) wins – Three Irish riders finish inside top 17

The Irish Sport Horse Vanir Kamira (ISH) bred by Kathryn Jackson in Co Monaghan and ridden by Piggy French (GBR), has won the 2019 Mitsubishi Badminton Horse Trials in the UK. In another incredible result for Irish breeding, Irish Sport Horses filled all of the top six places and eight of the top 10 spots on the final leaderboard. In what was a thrilling climax to the final Show Jumping phase, French and Vanir Kamira (ISH) produced a perfect clear round inside the time to finish on a score of 26.8. They watched on as last to go Ballaghmor Class (ISH) ridden by Oliver Townend, entered the arena with a cushion of one fence and one time penalty. They crossed the line with one fence down but when they also added 1.6 time penalties to finish on 27.1, French and Vanir Kamira (ISH) became champions. Third place on the podium […]