Irish Equestrian stars honoured at Horse Sport Ireland medal reception after claiming 12 medals at World and European level during 2018

Horse Sport Ireland, the governing body for equestrian sport in Ireland, today (Thursday) hosted a medal reception at Druids Glen Hotel and Golf Resort in County Wicklow, to honour the outstanding sporting achievements of Irish equestrian athletes this year. During the last 12 months, Irish equestrian athletes have won an incredible 12 World and European Championship medals at Senior and Youth level. In September the Irish Eventing team made history – winning the World Championship silver medal and an individual silver medal at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina in the USA and in the process gained Olympic qualification for Tokyo 2020. Each of the Irish silver medal winning Eventing team were presented with specially commissioned trophies at the HSI medal reception while gifts were also given to the owners of the Irish WEG team horses. Irish Eventing team manager Sally Corscadden, show jumping coach to the […]