Lynch said: “I’m excited to be called up for the European Championship and I thank Michael Blake for giving me the opportunity to link up with the squad in La Coruna."

“To represent your country at a major championship like this is up there with the highest honour and we will be going there to do everything we can to try help the team win a gold medal.”

The Irish show jumping team for the FEI Jumping European Championship, in alphabetical order, is as follows:

  • Bertram Allen with Qonquest De Rigo, owned by Ballywalter Stables
  • Daniel Coyle with Legacy, owned by Ariel Grange
  • Seamus Hughes Kennedy with ESI Rocky (ISH), owned by Clare Hughes
  • Darragh Kenny with Eddy Blue, owned by Carol Sollak
  • Denis Lynch with Vistogrand, owned by Tipperary’s Finest