‘There’s a lot to look forward to in the future’: Irish squad rounds off their eventing Europeans dressage performances

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European Eventing Championships dressage Clare ABBOTT (IRL) riding Jewelent during the dressage phase at the FEI Eventing European Championships at Avenches held at IENA in Switzerland between the 23-26 September 2021
Ireland’s Clare Abbott rides Jewelent into 31st place after dressage.
(Image credit: Peter Nixon)

The European Eventing Championships dressage is complete in Avenches, Switzerland, and the Irish are in 11th place going into tomorrow’s cross-country phase (25 September).

They sit on a team score of 94.6, with the British squad leading on 64.8, Germany in second on 69.7 and France third on 77.2. But it is all to play for still, with riders predicting that tomorrow’s twisty cross-county course will be influential.

Gemma Redrup
Gemma Redrup
Former web features editor, point-to-point editor and digital racing editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.