Vincent Byrne & Gone Girl VB (ISH) best of the Irish in thrilling 6-Year-Old final in Lanaken

In what will no doubt be forever considered an incredible day in the life of Germany’s Katrin Eckermann as she secured the gold medal in the 6-Year-Old Final at the FEI WBFSH Jumping World Breeding Championship for Young Horses for the second year in a row. Having taken the crown in 2023 with Iron Dames Cascajall NRW (WESTF), she not only took gold in 2024 with Sascinora NRW (WESTF), she also took the bronze medal with the Brandenburg stallion Iron Dames Earl Of Alice (BRAND).

The Team Ireland Equestrian Young Horse Jumping Squad, supported by Redmond Property Maintenance, was represented by Gone Girl VB (ISH) and Daliradas Boy (ISH) in the 20-horse jump off.

Gone Girl VB (ISH) & Vincent Byrne, best of the Irish in the FEI WBFSH Jumping World Breeding Championship for Young Horses 6-Year-Old Final; Sportfot

In the end, it was Co. Kilkenny’s Vincent Byrne and Gone Girl VB owned by LMG Enterprises that was best of the Irish when jumping Double Clear in a time of 38.98.
Fresh from her historic morning in the 5-Year-Old final, Niamh McEvoy was going for the double. Four faults in a time of 38.42 saw her finish 18th overall.

The complete Irish Top 20 Results are as follows:
8th – Vincent Byrne & Gone Girl VB (ISH). 0/0. 38.98
12th – Adam Morgan & Do It Rollebeek Z (ZANG). 0/0. 41.44
15th – Max O’Reilly-Hyland & Netflix VK (KWPN). 0/4. 38.05
18th – Niamh McEvoy & Daliradas Boy (ISH). 0/4. 38.42.

Breeding:

GONE GIRL VB (ISH)
2018 Mare, by Emerald Van’t Ruytershof (BWP), out of Bellisimo (ISH), by Cobra (HOLST).
Bred by Eleanor Byrne, Co. Kilkenny.
Owned by LMG Enterprises, Co. Louth.
Ridden by Vincent Byrne (IRL).

DALIRADAS BOY (ISH)
2018 Gelding, by Cornets PRinz (WESTF) out of Dalirada (ISH) by Diarado (HOLST).
Bred by Newberry E. Wilson, Co. Tyrone.
Owned by GBBS International Ltd., Co. Tipperary.

The Team Ireland Equestrian Young Horse Jumping Squad is supported by Redmond Property Maintenance

Participation at the 2024 FEI WBFSH World Breeding Jumping Championships for Young Horses in Lanaken, Belgium is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and The Marine under National Breeding Services.