Source:  News Release/Colin McClelland

Eventing - Ireland Holds Sixth Place in Euro Championships after Dressage Phase

AFTER the dressage phase of the European Eventing Championships at Malmo in Sweden today (Friday) Ireland holds sixth place of ten teams.

With Joseph Murphy and Electric Cruise leading the Irish attack with a notable dressage score of 44.40, and holding overnight joint 14th place, other team members also produced excellent performances over the last two days. Though dogged by withdrawals just ahead of the championships, Ireland, under new High Performance Manager Nick Turner, has delivered a strong start ahead of Saturday's cross country phase and Sunday's show jumping.

The Irish team dressage scores were:
Joseph Murphy/Electric Cruise 44.40
Sarah Ennis/Sugar Brown Babe 46.80
Sam Watson/Horseware Bushman 52.20
Austin O’Connor/Ringwood Mississippi 52.40

Irish Individuals:
Jim Newsam/Magennis 57.00
Clare Abbott/Euro Prince 59.00.

Saturday's European cross country will be available livestream by subscription on www.feitv.org

Show Jumping - Splaine Names Team for Spanish Nations' Cup

IRELAND'S Show Jumping Team Manager Robert Splaine this evening (Friday) confirmed the Irish team who will compete in Saturday afternoon's Spanish Nations' Cup at Gijon.

Ireland is drawn 12th of 13 teams competing, and will line out as:
Billy Twomey/Romanov
Marion Hughes/Heritage HHS Fortuna (ISH)
Trevor Coyle/Jubilee d'Ouilly
Conor Swail/Lansdowne

Irish riders have already made their mark at the five-star competition in the northern Spanish coastal city, with Conor Swail and Martha Louise placing second in the opening competition on Wednesday, with individual competitor Denis Lynch also taking a runner-up place in the evening jump-off class, with Vedor.

Billy Twomey had a seventh place finish in Thursday's Accumulator class on board Molly Malone V, with Conor Swail finishing in tenth on Vancouver DML.

Swail had another second place on Thursday night, this time in the jump-off feature class, with the stallion Lansdowne, while Twomey placed fourth today in the speed class with Romanov.

The Gijon Nations' Cup is part of the FEI Promotional league, and points won do not contribute to the Superleague.

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