HORSE SPORT IRELAND
24
Annual Report
2013
High P
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ormanc
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Final Standings after the last leg of the FEI Nations' CupTM Series 2013
Rank
Team
Venues
Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
SUI
90
90
70
70
320
2
FRA
75.67
82
75
86
318.67
3
GBR
75.67
68
68
100
311.67
4
NED
65
65.5
100
78.5
309
5
IRL
75.67
75
70
78.5
299.17
6
UKR
100
65
68
65
298
7
GER
100
82
100
282
8
ESP
64
64
64
64
256
Venues:
1. La Baule (FRA) 2. Rome (ITA) 3. St Gallen (SUI) 4. Rotterdam (NED) 5. Aachen (GER)
6. Falsterbo (SWE) 7. Hickstead (GBR) 8. Dublin (IRL)
As a result of finishing 5
th
in the Final Standings of the European Top Level League, Ireland qualified to participate in
the inaugural Furusiyya Nations' Cup Series Final, where they finished in 3
rd
place.
Irish Senior Show Jumping Team parades at the 2013 Dublin Horse Show prior to the Aga
Khan FEI Nations Cup where they finished in 3rd place. L-R: Conor Swail & Lansdowne, Cian
O'Connor & Blue Loyd, Shane Breen & Balloon, Dermott Lennon & Loughview Lou Lou (ISH).
The President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina
pictured with Minister Leo Varadkar at the 2013 Nations Cup of
Ireland for the Aga Khan Trophy.
Senior Show Jumping High Performance Programme
The Irish Senior Show Jumping Nations' Cup
team competed in 14 Nations' Cups in 2013.
Eight of these were part of the FEI Top Level
Nations' Cup Series. The results for all the shows
are shown below with a summary table for the
Top Level Series. The Senior Show Jumping
High Performance Programme is overseen by
the Senior Show Jumping High Performance
Committee. All selection decisions are made
by the Team Manager. The Team Vet for the
Top Level shows was Marcus Swail, except for
Hickstead when Hugh Suffern was the Team Vet.
Chairperson
: Prof. Patrick Wall
Team Manager
: Robert Splaine
SJI representative
: Paul Duffy
HSI representative
: James Tarrant
Team Vet:
Marcus Swail