Impressive 8th place finish for Irish Olympian Austin O’Connor at Badminton – Irish Sport Horses fill 3 of top 5 places

A brilliant closing round on the final day of Badminton Horse Trials in the UK, has given Ireland’s Austin O’Connor and the Irish-bred gelding Colorado Blue an excellent eighth place finish. O’Connor, who finished 13th at the Tokyo Olympic Games with the Salty Syndicate-owned Colorado Blue, was in 58th place after the opening Dressage phase. A perfect clear inside the time in Saturday’s Cross Country, followed by another clear Show Jumping round with just 0.4 time penalties in the final phase, saw O’Connor climb the leaderboard and finish on a final score of 36.3. Susie Berry was the next-best Irish finisher in 17th place with John The Bull (ISH), while Padraig McCarthy took 33rd position with HHS Noble Call (ISH) and finished 41st with Fallulah. It was an impressive showing overall from Irish Sport Horses who filled three of the top five places. Swallow Springs (ISH) took third place on […]