The Irish Show Jumping team sponsored by Devenish & The Underwriting Exchange have finished in sixth place after tonight’s (Thursday) second round of jumping at the World Equestrian Games in North Carolina, USA – putting them safely among the top 10 teams who will go forward to tomorrow’s final round which will decide the team medals and Olympic qualification. Ireland looked in danger of missing the cut after three riders from each team had jumped, but a magnificent clear round from anchor rider Cian O’Connor with Good Luck saw Ireland climb the leaderboard – and they finished the day in sixth overall of the 25 teams taking part. Cork’s Shane Sweetnam and Chaqui Z were first out for Rodrigo Pessoa’s Irish team and finished the demanding course with 9 faults. Shane Breen and Ipswich Van De Wolfsakker were the discard score with 14 faults, while Paul O’Shea and Skara Glen’s […]
