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Age: 35
Sport: Eventing
Horses: Tullabeg Flamingo
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The second-highest ranked Irish eventing rider after Cathal Daniels, Watson has represented Ireland at European level 13 times at the junior, young rider and senior eventing EU Championships. He has also ridden at the World Equestrian Games three times, in 2010 and 2014 with Horseware Bushman, and 2018 with Horseware Ardagh Highlight, where the Irish team finished inside the top 10 each time and in 2018 took an historical silver medal, Ireland's first eventing medal at that level. He is a co-founder of the sports data and analytics company EquiRatings.
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