Irish riders lead the way with a clean sweep in Five-Year-Old Grand Finals

The first of the three Grand Finals at the FEI WBFSH Jumping World Breeding Championships in Lanaken saw an incredible performance from the Irish riders with six of the twelve Irish starters qualify for an eleven horse jump off resulting in an Irish whitewash with the Team Ireland filling all three podium placings and a clean sweep for the Irish Sport Horse Studbook for the second time in the event’s history. Mikey Pender, the world number 97 ranked rider was the first of the Irish to return a double clear round with HHS Ocala (ISH) in a time of 37.22 seconds after a daring turn after the second fence back to the Longines double paid off and a long, brave gallop to the last left him unbeatable on the Urano De Cartigny (SF) sired gelding to become the new World Champion in the Five-Year-Old division. HHS Ocala’s breeder, Marion Hughes […]