Irish horses get clean bill of health

Olympics: All five Irish horses in the eventing competition at the Olympic Games passed the first horse inspection this morning…

Olympics:All five Irish horses in the eventing competition at the Olympic Games passed the first horse inspection this morning at Greenwich Park.

Ireland has been drawn fifth of the 13 nations competing in the team competition - nine other countries are represented by individuals.

Two days of dressage start tomorrow morning and the times for all riders will be known later today.

Three Irish riders are competing in tomorrow's opening session of the dressage phase of the eventing competition in Greenwich Park:

10.32- Michael Ryan (Ballylynch Adventure)

12.54- Aoife Clark (Master Crusoe)

16.04- Joseph Murphy (Electric Cruise)

The remaining two riders compete on Sunday

11.53- Camilla Speirs (Portersize Just A Jiff)

15.10- Mark Kyle (Coolio)

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