Kildare’s Mikey Pender showed why he is among the most talented young riders in world Show Jumping, by sharing victory in last night’s (Wednesday) Puissance competition at the five-star Olympia Horse Show in London. Pender was riding the 12-year-old stallion Hearton du Bois Halleux and cleared the big red wall in the final fifth round at a height of 7ft 2in (2m18), to share victory with Britain’s William Whitaker who also jumped clear with RMF Charly. “It’s a pleasure to ride a horse like that,” said Pender. “It makes your job a lot easier. Everything you ask him he’ll do. It was my first time here in Olympia and the horse jumped amazing. He is such a brave horse with so much scope and he jumped it easy. I felt his last two rounds were his best rounds. In the beginning he was a little bit tense but as he got into … Continue reading Ireland’s Mikey Pender crowns incredible year with Olympia Puissance victory while Darragh Kenny also takes London win