OWNERS of Irish event horses have called for better funding of the High Performance programmes run by Horse Sport Ireland, after being left disappointed when there was no team vet sent to the FEI Nations Cup Final at Boekelo in The Netherlands recently, where the Irish team landed a comprehensive victory.

Owner of Belline Equestrian, Richard Ames, was among the owners of horses at the four-star event, where he said there was “no team vet, no team dressage coach and the show jumping coach was only there because the riders paid for him to come themselves.