Galligan victorious in Wellington

There were plenty of good individual performances by Irish athletes on the global show jumping circuit in the past week but Nicky Galligan was the big winner, scoring in a four-star speed class on the penultimate week of the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington. Galligan, originally from Meath but now based in New York at Guardian Stables, had a target of clear in 62.23 set by Nayel Nassar (EGY) to aim for in the 1.50m contest and managed to eke just over three-tenths of a second off it on board VDL Nikita van de Leeuwerk, stopping the clock on 61.9. “I’m so proud of (Nikita) and the incredible team behind us that make days like this possible,” said a buoyant Galligan. “We really do have the best people in our corner.” Jordan Coyle and For Gold finished third, and it was the first of three podium finishes for the Ardmore […]