THE Irish Children On Horses show jumping team took the runner-up spot in today's (Sunday) Nations' Cup at Bonheiden in Belgium with a total of 14 faults on the score sheet, beating Belgium into third place by just one penalty point. An in-form British team, however, took the trophy with a total of just five faults over the two rounds.

ANTRIM-born Jessica Kurten was one of four through to the jump-off at the rich Global Champions Tour Grand Prix at Turin, Italy this afternoon (Saturday), but a single pole down cost her the winner's prize of 100,000 euro.

THE FIVE-strong Irish squad who will travel to Rome next week for the second leg of the Meydan Super League has been announced by Team Ireland Equestrian's show jumping manager Robert Splaine. The squad, in alphabetical order, is: Cameron Hanley (Mayo); Darragh Kenny (Offaly); Capt. David O’Brien (Westmeath); Cian O’Connor (Meath); Billy Twomey (Cork)

IRELAND'S Shane Breen added two more clear rounds to his tally at the five-star French show in La Baule, when finishing as runner-up in today's (Sunday) jump-off class, with the 12 year-old Irish-bred chestnut gelding 'Dorada'.

A DECISIVE gap of almost 14 seconds secured Jessica Kurten a susbstantial victory in this afternoon's (Friday) accumulator competition at the five-star show in Hamburg Germany with Lady Georgina Forbes's Dollar Du Murier mare 'Myrtille Paulois'.

LIMERICK'S Joan Greene came closest to claiming the Vodafone Grand Prix at Balmoral, Northern Ireland this afternoon (Friday) when placing second with Tim O'Shea's 'Biscaya d'Eversem' on a double clear round.

THE IRISH team finished sixth of ten teams in today's (Friday) French Meydan Nations' Cup at La Baule. Despite a double clear round from Shane Breen and 'Carmena Z' and a clear first round from Cameron Hanley and 'Southwind VDL', the Irish team were unable to improve on their first round position of equal fifth.

TIPPERARY'S Denis Lynch won himself a Mercedes car with a foot-perfect display on Thomas Straumann's gelding 'Nabab's Son' at the five-star Hamburg, Germany show this afternoon (Thursday).

SHOW Jumping team manager Robert Splaine this evening (Thursday) named the Irish team that will compete in tomorrow's crucial first leg of the 2010 Meydan Nations' Cup series in La Baule, France.

THIRTY-two year-old Shane Carey took the Danish Grand Prix trophy for Ireland this afternoon (Sunday) when he brought the nine year-old bay gelding 'Lancero' across the line at Fredensborg a fifth of a second clear of Danish challenger Linnea Ericsson.