The Irish Show Jumping team of Mark McAuley, Peter Moloney, Darragh Kenny and Cian O’Connor, narrowly missed out on ending a 93 year wait to win the Italian Nations Cup for the very first time this afternoon (Friday), after a excellent performance saw them finish as runners-up. Ireland, managed by Michael Blake, were in a share of the lead with Sweden at the halfway stage after clear rounds from Waterford’s Peter Moloney with the Team Harmony-owned Chianti’s Champion and Offaly’s Darragh Kenny with Important De Muze – owned by Kerry Anne LLC. Ireland finished the first round with only the four faults picked up by Louth’s Mark McAuley with the Eva Lundin-owned Jasco VD Bisschop. Mark McAuley came home with the same four fault score in the second round and at that stage Sweden held a slight advantage when their first rider in the second round jumped clear. Peter Moloney … Continue reading Ireland come close to ending 93-year wait to win Italian Nations Cup with impressive runner-up finish in Rome