Cian O’Connor 2nd in Olympia FEI Rolex World Cup Qualifier
Cian O’Connor, and “Rancorrado” placed second in the FEI Rolex World Cup Qualifier today (Sun 20th Dec) at Olympia, just 0.58 sec behind the winning time of Holland’s Eric van der Vleuten on “VDL Groep Tomboy”. Cian held the lead throughout most of the second round when penultimate rider Eric van der Vleuten gained the [...]
Billy Twomey 4th in Olympia’s Christmas Tree Stakes
Billy Twomey “Ceasar” placed fourth in The Tom Hudson Christmas Tree Stakes with a clear in 49.09 sec . GBR’s Robert Smith riding “Raging Bull Vangelis S” was the winner, clear on a time of 46.69 sec
Irish riders score well at Olympia
Cian O’Connor rode “Splendour” into second place in the Accumulator (against the clock) today (Friday 18th December). He was less than a second behind the winning time of Switzerland’s Pius Schwizer riding “Unique X CH”
Edward Gal sets new world record score
The Netherlands’ Edward Gal and the nine year old stallion “Moorlands Totillas” set a new world record in the Grand Prix Freestyle for the third time this year when scoring 92.30% to win the fourth leg of the World Cup Dressage series at at Olympia in London on Wednesday 16th December 2009.