AN incredible run of results for Irish show jumping continued with two major victories for Ireland late on Friday night, one in Lisbon in Portugal and the other in British Colombia in Canada.

The Irish team, led by Chef d'Equipe Taylor Vard, proved unbeatable in the three-star Longines FEI Nations Cup at Lisbon in Portugal, where a high-scoring contest saw Tipperary's Trevor Breen deliver the only double clear of the competition with Bombay.

Ireland were in joint second at the halfway stage thanks to clears from Breen and Waterford's Anthony Condon riding SFS Aristio, along with an eight-fault score from Limerick's Paul Kennedy with Cartown Danger Mouse (ISH).

Breen's second clear round with Bombay saw Ireland put pressure on leaders Belgium and four-fault scores from Condon and from Galway's Michael Duffy riding Jule Van Den Tinnenpot, saw Ireland finish out in front on a two-round total of 16 faults.

Asked afterwards if having an Irish course designer [Alan Wade] helped Ireland win, Irish Chef d'Equipe Taylor Vard said: "No not really, Alan is pretty fair and he was tough on all of us. It was a great competition. Congratulations to Belgium and to the United States, they gave us a good fight, but it was our night."

Belgium finished as runners-upon 21 faults while USA finished third of the nine teams that took part, completing on 28 faults.

Horse Sport Ireland CEO Ronan Murphy said: "I want to congratulate Taylor Vard and his team on a fantastic result in Lisbon. A special mention must go to the owners of our fantastic horses for making them available to the Irish team and to all the backroom staff that put in such hard work to help make this happen."

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