Abi Lyle revealed as Eire’s Paris 2024 Olympic dressage rider

Abi Lyle has been named as Eire’s particular person Paris 2024 Olympic dressage contender aboard her 2022 World Championship experience Giraldo (“Arty”).

Abi and the 13-year-old gelding, a Dutch warmblood (Concord’s Rousseau x Flemmingh) who she has produced from a younger horse, have scored top-10 placings on the London Worldwide Horse Present.

This season, their outcomes embody ending third within the grand prix and successful the freestyle at Addington CDI3*, and bagging fifth place within the Le Mans CDI4* freestyle final week. Gloucestershire-based Abi owns “Arty” with Caroline Clarry.

Abi mentioned that it’s “so laborious to place into phrases what this implies”, thanking all those that have been part of this journey.

“Once I moved to England in 2009 my final objective was to do a PSG [prix st georges]. So to say that [the] Olympics was past my wildest desires is a teeny understatement!” she mentioned.

“So many individuals have led me, propped me up, walked beside me and contributed in so some ways to get to this. There’s so many to thank! However the first and most necessary to thank is Arty.

“Arty, you haven’t any thought what you’ve executed for me and I’ll spend the remainder of our lives ensuring you are feeling like probably the most liked horse on the earth and that you simply by no means ever need for something.”

The 2 named reserves are Anna Merveldt with Esporim, a 15-year-old Lusitano owned by Mario Greco and Giovanna Mazza, and Judy Reynolds on the 14-year-old Rock Eternally son Rockman Royal NG, who’s owned by BG J Hinnemann and Subsequent Technology Dressurpferde.

Horse Sport Eire’s (HSI) dressage excessive efficiency director Anne Marie Dunphy mentioned it’s “an enormous honour and privilege for Irish dressage to be represented on the Paris Olympic Video games”.

“We’re very lucky to have three such achieved athletes to select from and I want to congratulate them, the homeowners of the horses and their help groups on their laborious work and dedication to the HSI Excessive Efficiency Programme all through the choice course of.

“I want to thank the Irish dressage group as a complete, the Olympic Federation of Eire, Sport Eire, Dressage Eire and Horse Sport Eire particularly for his or her persevering with help.”

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Lucy is an skilled information journalist, reporter and presenter. Since becoming a member of the Horse & Hound crew in 2015, Lucy has reported from main world sporting occasions together with the Tokyo Paralympic Video games and a number of European Championships, in addition to Badminton, Burghley and London, to call a couple of. She has lined present affairs and sports activities information throughout the total spectrum of equestrian disciplines and racing, in addition to human and equine welfare, trade information and court docket instances.