The Irish Senior Show Jumping team, managed by high-performance team manager Jessica Kurten demonstrated their class in securing the top spot in this afternoons €50,000 CSIO3* KAR Sport Horses Nations Cup on the Andalucía October Sunshine Tour, finishing on a team total of 4 faults.
Ireland carried four faults from the first round before producing a further three clears to secure the win on a total of four faults, ahead of the USA on 8 and third place Italy on a team total of 10.
Irish riders Jessica Burke and Francis Derwin produced a clean sheet, Derwin aboard the Irish Sport Horse Flexi K with Burke and Billy Fern delivering the fastest double clear of the day.
Tom Wachman and Do It Easy had the drop score of the opening round, with a faultless clear on the combinations return the arena. Dermott Lennon and the Gerrard Marron bred Kinmar Right on Time (ISH) completed the Irish effort with a four-fault opener and a four-fault drop score in the second round.
FLEXI K (ISH) 2013 gelding by Flex A Bill (ISH)[TIH] out of Deeply Dippy K (ISH) by Luidam (KWPN). Breeder: Knightfield Stud, Co. Kildare. Rider: Francis Derwin (IRL)
Kinmar Right On Time (ISH) 2017 gelding by Aganix du Seigneur out of Kinmar Dancing Queen (ISH) by Dancing Boy (ID) Breeder: Gerrard Marron, Rider: Dermott Lennon