Padraig McCarthy with Leonidas II, owned by Diane Brunsden, Peter Cattell and his rider, or Fallulah, owned by Amanda Boyle, Nicholas Boyle, Diane Brunsden, Peter Cattell and her rider (Leonidas has been named as Padraig’s ride on the event definite entries)
Joseph Murphy with Cesar V, owned by The Way Forward Syndicate
Fred Scala with Everon Vivendi, owned by his rider and his father Emilio
Steven Smith with Galwaybay Echo, owned by June Burgess
Irish team: European Eventing Championships marks debut for Scala
Four of the riders will compete on the team and two as individuals.
Fred Scala makes his senior championship debut, while all the horses except Leonidas – who went to the 2016 Olympics and 2014 World Equestrian Games with former rider Mark Todd – will be at their first championship.
The full definite entries for the European Championships have now been released (PDF download). Seventy-three pairs are listed to start, from 17 different countries. Thirteen nations have enough riders entered to compete as a team, while Denmark, Finland, Lithuania and Poland will only send individual competitors.
The teams at the Europeans will be from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, the Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
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Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.
