IRISH pony eventing rider Zara Nelson produced a commanding performance to capture the individual bronze medal at the European Pony Championship in Malmo, Sweden last Sunday, adding to the Irish pony show jumping team’s silver medal win at the same venue.

Fourteen-year-old Nelson riding Kieran Connors and Michelle Nelson’s Millridge Buachaill Bui (ISH), completed three demanding phases of the championship with only 1.6 cross country time penalties being added to her original dressage score.