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27 September 2019

Susan Finnerty on 27 Sep 2019

BREEDING: Lanaken - top titles for Kilkenny

Susan Finnerty delves into the breeding of the Irish Sport Horses that took home gold and silver at the FEI WBFSH Show Jumping World Breeding Championships at Lanaken, Belgium

Susan Finnerty

27 September 2019

Kilkenny's Seamus Hughes-Kennedy (17) collects the winner's trophy following victory with Cuffesgrange Cavadora (ISH) in the seven-year-old final of the FEI WBFSH Show Jumping World Championships at Lanaken as his delighted mother and winning owner Clare Hughes (bottom right) watches on \ FEI

Gold winner Carlow's Jason Foley (Rockwell RC (ISH)) and Kildare's Mikey Pender (Chacco Bay (OLDBG)) stand on the podium after winning gold and silver in the five-year-old final at Lanaken \ FEI

Kildare's Mikey Pender (left) collects his second silver award following his runner-up finish with MHS Cardenta (ISH) in the six-year-old final at Lanaken \ FEI

THREE more top awards won by Irish Sport Horses at Lanaken, three more milestones for Kilkenny sport horse breeding – this was the exceptional result at the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) show jumping championships for young horses last weekend.

Kilkenny’s Seamus Hughes-Kennedy (17) won the prestigious seven-year-old World Championship Final with Cuffesgrange Cavadora (ISH), owned by his mother Clare Hughes. Carlow’s Jason Foley (18) and Rockwell RC won the five-year-old final while Kildare’s Mikey Pender collected silver here with Chacco Bay (OLDBG).