Tipperary's Denis Lynch included on Irish showjumping team for the Aga Khan Trophy

Ireland’s show jumpers are primed and ready for another bold showing in The Underwriting Exchange Nations Cup of Ireland for the Aga Khan Trophy at the Dublin Horse Show today.

After what has been a massively successful season for Michael Blake’s team, a quartet of Darragh Kenny with VDL Cartello, Tipperary Town's Denis Lynch with Vistogrand, Mark McAuley with GRS Lady Amaro (ISH) and Cian O’Connor with Fancy De Kergane will enter the fray bidding to go one better than last year, when they finished runner-up to a perfect Swiss performance.

While the Paris Olympics didn’t quite go as Horse Sport Ireland High Performance Show Jumping Director Blake had planned, with Ireland finishing in seventh of 20 nations, he is relishing an opportunity to get back to Nations Cup action on home soil.

Blake said: "Obviously the Olympic Games are the pinnacle of the sport but there’s no place like home and we are really looking forward to getting out in front of the Irish fans – we are hopeful we can regain the Aga Khan after winning it in 2022.

"There is something extra-special about Dublin and the Aga Khan trophy on the Friday of Horse Show week, jumping at the highest level in front of the best fans in the world, and I’m really looking forward to it.

"These four are very experienced combinations for the Aga Khan, they’ve all won Nations Cups for us, and I’m very happy with them and their horses".