Britain and Ireland through, a Greek fairytale, and ‘pressure is for tyres’: today’s top stories from the Europeans

Britain’s young team achieved the goal of qualifying for tomorrow’s medal decider at the European Showjumping Championships, as did Ireland, and it was all change at the top of the leaderboard. Here’s what you need to know from day two of the competition…

European Showjumping Championships news and results

Georgia Tame and Z7 Ascot were unlucky to have a foot in the water, and faults later on course, in today’s Nations Cup first round.

• Find out what Georgia had to say about her round, her horse and her experience at the championships so far

William Whitaker and Galtur kept Britain in the mix with a four-fault round today.

• Read what William had to say about his relatively new ride, and the British team in general

Britain qualified for tomorrow’s team final in eighth place, while the Swiss took the lead.

• Find out how the day ended, and what Great Britain’s showjumping performance manager Di Lampard said about her young team

Ireland also pulled up in the rankings today, finishing in fifth places going into the final day of team competition

• “Pressure is for tyres”: hear from Ireland’s riders on day two of the championships

The sole Greek rider at the competition has yet to touch a pole, and is sitting in 10th place individually at the close of play today

• Read about senior championship debutante Ioli Mytilineou’s journey to Germany

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Eleanor Jones

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Eleanor is an experienced journalist who spent over eight years working for local and national newspapers before joining H&H as news editor in March 2016. Passionate about equine welfare and exposing the truth, Eleanor has reported on all aspects of the industry, from Brexit to anti-bullying campaigns, and from dressage rules to mules. Her sport of choice is showjumping, in which she competes her own horses, and she also enjoys reporting at local jumping shows through to international championships.