Three Irish Eventing riders – all riding Irish Sport Horses, have finished inside the top 20 at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials in the UK, with Joseph Murphy and Sportsfield Othello best of the Irish in 13th place, one spot ahead of Clare Abbott and Euro Prince in 14th, while Jonty Evans and Cooley Rorkes Drift took 20th place overall. Joseph Murphy and Sportsfield Othello (ISH) were awarded the Glentrool Trophy, as the Horse and Rider who made the greatest improvement on their dressage placing. They rose an incredible 62 places having been 75th after Dressage to jump clear Cross Country and Show Jumping to take 13th place overall on a score of 68.0. Speaking afterwards Joseph Murphy said: “The Dressage didn’t go according to plan, it wasn’t a disaster by any means but I would have liked to have been a little bit further up the leaderboard. I […]
