Ireland’s showjumping team frustrated again in their attempts to make 2016 Olympics

We thought today was going to be the day.

But as usual in sport, and as usual in matters of controversy, things never run as smoothly as you hope. The Irish showjumping team were at the Court of Arbitration of Sport this afternoon to appeal the result of the European Championships back in August. During the final team event, Cian O'Connor and his horse was distracted when a steward ran across his path. O'Connor and his mount subsequently lost to out to Spain by 0.38 points and their spot at next year's Olympics after picking up four faults following after the incident. Horse Racing Ireland and O'Connor were in Switzerland today to have the appeal against the result heard after an initial appeal to the Ground Jury and an Appeals Committee. Irish hopes were high that there would be some sort of resolution to the matter today, but sadly those hopes have proved unfounded as it will now be 2016 before we hear any definite decision on some more Olympic hopefuls heading to Brazil next summer. https://twitter.com/TeamIRLEq/status/677190995684040704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/McArdleBrendan/status/677183789009936384 https://twitter.com/McArdleBrendan/status/677183940852076545