IRELAND'S Aga Khan team for Friday's Meydan Nations' Cup at the Dublin Horse Show has been announced tonight (Thursday) by Team Ireland Equestrian's show jumping manager Robert Splaine, while in today's Speed Derby Limerick-born Paul O'Shea saw off a strong international field to scoop the 7,000 euro first prize.

The team that will line out for Ireland in the last leg of the Meydan Superleague is as follows:
Billy Twomey/Tinka's Serenade
Dermott Lennon/Hallmark Elite
Cian O'Connor/K Club Lady
Denis Lynch/Nabab's Son

Ireland currently lie fifth in the ten-team superleague and after Friday's competition the four teams with the lowest aggregate scores of the series will be relegated to the Promotional League for 2011.

Meanwhile, Limerick's Paul O'Shea was the victor in today's international Speed Derby at the Failte Ireland Dublin Horse Show, riding Paul Clarke and Michael Walsh's grey gelding 'Daydream St Ghyvan Z'. O'Shea saw off American challenger Beezie Madden and 'Prima' by almost half a second.

The Irish-bred 'McGuinness', ridden by the USA's Rich Fellers, took third in the Derby, while in fifth was Shane Breen with another Irish-bred, 'Dorada', with Denis Lynch and 'Upsilon d'Ocquier' placing eighth.

Billy Twomey and 'Je t'Aime Flamenco' were best of the Irish in the afternoon's Power and Speed competition, with a third place behind Spanish winner Jesus Garmendia Exhevarria.