Irish Thunderbirds are go in Langley

Daniel Coyle hails “dream” on unforgettable week for Irish show jumping The depth in Irish show jumping is astounding right now and while the past few weeks’ results have been excellent, they soared further again this week, with Michael Blake’s Underwriting Exchange Irish show jumping team securing a third victory in succession at the four-star show in Langley. This occurred after a completely different set of riders just missed out on a podium at the five-star Nations Cup in St Gallen on Friday, with the chef d’equipe hopping on a plane on Saturday to swap Switzerland for the Thunderbird Show Park outside Vancouver. Denis Lynch, Trevor Breen, Jason Foley and Mikey Pender wore the famous green jackets on Friday but it was the all-Ulster team dubbed all week at Thunderbird as ‘Three Coyles and a Swail’ that was selected to represent the country in Canada late last night (Sunday). Conor […]