World Champion runner-up off to a good start in 2023 winning the Open Preliminary 7-Year-Old

The Irish Sport Horse HSH Connor, bred by Justin Burke, won the Open Preliminary 7-Year-Old in Ocala Winter 1 HT. HSH Connor (ISH) finished second at the 2022 FEI WBFSH Eventing World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Le Lion d’Angers in October 2022. He was successful in the Open Preliminary class at the Three Lakes Winter Horse Trials in Florida (USA) earlier this month.   See below for the full list of Irish-bred Eventing results: Ocala Winter 1 HT, Florida (USA) February 17th – 20th Advanced / Intermediate 4th Direct Advance (ISH) – 2011 gelding by Night Cruise (ISH)[TIH] out of Herbst Jennie B (ISH) by Concorde (KWPN). Breeder: Noel Good (Tyrone). Rider: Zachary Brandt (USA) 40.5, 0, 3.6 = 44.1.   Open Intermediate A 1st Off the Record (ISH)[was Cooley Stateside] – 2009 gelding by VDL Arkansas (KWPN) out of Drumagoland Bay (ISH) by Ard Ohio (KWPN). Breeder: … Continue reading World Champion runner-up off to a good start in 2023 winning the Open Preliminary 7-Year-Old