The Irish Show Jumping team have qualified for the Longines EEF Nations Cup final after a third place finish in Friday’s semi final at Deauville, France.
Taylor Vard’s team of Thomas Ryan, Jessica Burke, Kevin Gallagher and Jenny Rankin finished the two rounds of jumping with just four faults.
Tipperary’s Ryan with Springfield 21 and Sligo’s Gallagher with Ballypatrick Flamenco (ISH) both jumped foot-perfect double clear rounds.
Galway’s Jessica Burke with Namamia and Tyrone’s Jenny Rankin with Carmela Z were also clear in the first round.A jump-off was needed to decide the winners with Belgium coming out on top ahead of Spain in second and Ireland in third.
The remaining qualifying places for the EEF Nations Cup Final went to Sweden and Portugal.
The Longines EEF Series is a Show Jumping Nations Cup circuit created by the European Equestrian Federation which replaced the FEI Nations Cup Europe Division 2.
Ireland is a Europe Division 1 nation but can field teams in selected EEF Series rounds.
