All eyes are on today’s Nations Cup event at Dublin Horse show, but this year one special horse will be missing. Pacino, which helped Ireland win last year’s Aga Khan, took ill during the winter months and died, but his rider, Clement Mahon, knows the show must go on.
Clement, from Clones, Co Monaghan, and his toddler son Louis headed to compete the McMahon horses in the Simmonscourt arena yesterday and are heading to support the Aga Khan team today.
The Nations Cup has eight teams and is the 19th qualifier of the Furusiyya series, and the last one in Europe Division One.
The starting order, determined by a draw, is:
1. Germany 2. The Netherlands 3. Ukraine 4. USA 5. Britain 6. France 7. Spain 8. Ireland.
Four teams – Britain, Ireland, Spain and Ukraine – will be eligible for Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping points in the Europe Division.
Team Ireland’s show-jumping manager, Robert Splaine, announced his team for the Aga Khan Trophy.
Ireland is drawn in the advantageous position of last to jump of the eight teams in the final leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Series of 2013, before September’s final in Barcelona.
The team will line out at 3pm in the following order:
Dermott Lennon/Lough- view Lou Lou; Shane Breen/ Balloon; Conor Swail/ Lansdowne; and Cian O’Connor/ Blue Loyd.
The Irish team, which won last year's Aga Khan trophy, lies sixth on the Furusiyya leaderboard and must stay in the top six teams to qualify for the final. Dublin is the eighth leg of the current series.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
SHOWING
Young event horse classes, four-year-olds - 1, Suzanne Ennis's Stellor Commet (Sarah Ennis), chestnut gelding by Hermes de Reve - Knockanarrow Lady, bred by Michael Harte; 2, Willows Sport Horses' Willows Bossman (Daisy Duggan), grey gelding by Jack Of Diamonds - Anizora Cruise, bred by Thomas Jones; 3, David Kirkpatrick's Redwood Clover (Colin Halliday), bay gelding by Captain Clover - Sionhill Diamond, bred by Michael Carey.
RKD Architects five-year-olds - 1, Francis Ennis’s Stellor Rockafella (Sarah Ennis), grey gelding by Barnaby Flight - Merry Sheba, bred by Yvonne Coe; 2, Fontstown Stud and June Green’s Silken Allure (Emma Jackson), black mare by S Creevagh Ferro - Silken Edge, bred by Helen Troughton; 3, Alice Kehoe’s Westwinds Karlos (Sarah Ennis), chestnut gelding by French Buffet - Westwinds Clover, bred by owner.
Goffs Country Properties four-year-old lightweight hunter geldings - 1, Richard McElligott’s The Gadfly (P.J. Casey), bay by Guidam - Fontana Clover, bred by Patrick Harvey; 2, Mr and Mrs K. Ryan’s Skyline (Claire Gilna), grey by Stormhill Miller - Glen Immal, bred by Joseph Molyneux; 3, Jessica Magnier’s Copper Mountain (Owner), chestnut by Subtle Power - Bobby Hays, bred by Patrick Condon.
Goffs Country Properties five-year-old lightweight geldings - 1, Rosemary Connors’s Woodfield Alight (Owner), chestnut by Albano - Woodfield Flight, bred by owner; 2, Daphne Tierney’s Bloomfield Bordeaux (Jane Bradbury), chestnut by Ghareeb - Aldatus Ginger, bred by Michael Byrnel 3, Patrick Geoghegans Avonbrae Jack Sparrow, grey by Rosheen Yeats - Hillview Breeze, bred by Christopher Byrne.
Aiken Promotions two-year-old lightweight colts and geldings - 1 (and champion), Daphne Tierney’s Bloomfield Eulogy, chestnut gelding by Crosstown Dancer - Aerlite Classic, bred by owner; 2, Avril Cox-Mills’s Tattygare Mr Perfect, chestnut gelding by Porsch - Tarrygare Golden Delight, bred by John Hurst; 3, Desmond Gibson’s Glountane Premier D, bay gelding by Hold Up Premier - Arko-D, bred by Timothy Brosnan.
Aiken Promotions two-year-old fillies - 1 (and reserve champion), Patrick J. Lehane’s P.J.’s Dream, bay by Lux Z - P.J.’s Hope, bred by owner; 2, Valerie McCallister’s grey by Chekov PKZ - Sugar Cube, bred Miriam Cunning; 3, Derry Rothwell’s Greenhall WishingWell, bay by Crosstown Dancer - Greenhall Miss Cruise, bred by owner.
Aiken Promotions medium/ heavyweight three-year-old geldings - 1 (and reserve champion), John and Catherine Roche’s Assagart Master, chestnut by Kings Master - Assagart Stardom, bred by owners; 2, Dermot Gordon’s The Sniper, bay by Shannondale Sarco - Killer instinct, bred by owner; 3, Declan Fahey’s Riverview, bay by Lux Z, bred by Timothy Ryan.
Aiken Promotions three-year-old fillies - 1 (and champion), Hurst Show Horses’ Tattygare Good To Go, bay by Porsch - Tattygare Golden Delight, bred by owner; 2, Patrick Wafer’s Parkmore Evita, bay by Ghareeb - Coolcorran Cool Diamond, bred by owner; 3, John and Mary Margaret Roche’s Assagart Mistress, bay by Kings Master - Assagart Millenium, bred by owners.
SHOW JUMPING
Talbot Hotel Group speed Derby - 1, France's Castle Forbes Vivaldo van Het (Roger Yves Bost) 0, 85.14; 2, Ireland's Ominerale Courcelle (Shane Breen) 0, 85.78; 3, Ireland's Wild Thing L (Bertram Allen) 4, 90.67; 4, Ireland's Newton du Haut Bois (Cameron Hanley) 0, 91.63; 5, Ireland's Vampire (Dermott Lennon) 4, 94.67; 6, Ireland's Mo Chroi (Captain Michael Kelly) 0, 95.60; 19 starters.
Serpentine speed stakes - 1, Ireland’s Diaghilev (Billy Twomey) 0, 65.37; 2, Ireland’s Hallmark Elite (Dermott Lennon) 0, 66.59; 3, Ireland’s Romanov (Bertram Allen) 0, 68.86; 4, Brazil’s Clintash (Marlon Modolo Zanotelli) 0, 70.73; 5, Ireland’s Adventure de Kannan (Trevor Breen) 0, 70.87; 6, Ireland’s All Star 5 (Denis Lynch) 0, 71.05; 46 starters.