Sarah Ennis, Susie Berry and Austin O’Connor finished with an accumulated tally of 102.70 penalty points.
THE IRISH EVENTING team lies in 11th after the opening dressage phase of competition at the Olympic Games today.
Ireland travelled to Paris off the back of some excellent results, winning the home Nations Cup in Millstreet earlier in the campaign, before a third-place finish at Aachen most recently. The Corkman, competing in his fourth Olympics, finished on 31.7 for his dressage test to lie in 28th individually overnight.
Action Lady M began well but unfortunately became distracted by the type of activity and atmosphere that is unique to the Olympic Games. “She’s sharp. She’s not sharp that she’d do anything to you but she’s sharp that she’d look. I call her The Gawker. Once she gawks at something, you can’t soften her. She just has locked onto it. It’s like she’s supersonic hearing.
“It’s his first time being in an atmosphere like that so I’m very happy with him. It’s very dense in there, very atmospheric, and the grandstands are so tall that the horses seem to be looking up a lot, but it’s an incredible arena.”
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