Eventers ninth, with O’Connor the leading Irish individual

Albert proud of quartet’s efforts despite what-might-have-beens Horse Sport Ireland’s High Performance Eventing Director, Dag Albert has declared himself proud of the quartet of riders that contributed to the Agria Irish Eventing Team’s ninth place at the Olympics in Paris, while also expressing disappointment they were unable to record a better overall finish. There were many positive performances from the team, led by four-time Olympian Austin O’Connor, who was the highest-ranked Irish athlete in the individual rankings in 17th. Susie Berry took 31st place in her first Olympic Games and with Sarah Ennis having to step down when the Irish-bred Acton Lady M (ISH) picked up a minor injury in the course of producing a fantastic cross-country round yesterday, London Games heroine, Aoife Clark stepped in very effectively in today’s show jumping round, although needing to introduce a substitute cost 20 penalty points. Great Britain took team gold, with hosts […]