Ireland qualify for Longines EEF Series final

Stirring second round fightback secures podium finish in Deauville semi The Underwriting Exchange Irish Show Jumping team has qualified for the final of the Longines EEF Series Nations Cup in Warsaw in September, after a stirring second round fightback earned a podium position in Deauville this afternoon. This performance illustrated the depth of Irish show jumping given that another team was also competing in the Longines League Of Nations at Rotterdam. It was a real team effort too as while no Irish combination managed a double clear, each of them recorded one. Three of those arrived in the second round to secure third, as Tyrone’s Jenny Rankin recovered from her opening eight-fault outing on Blackwood Group’s Ibiza to get the comeback under way. Tipperary man Tom Wachman, on Coolmore Showjumping’s Berlux Z, and Galwegian Jessica Burke, riding the Liam Nicholas-owned-and-bred Irish Sport Horse Express Trend, followed suit to achieve the […]