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Tuamgraney’s Michael Blake has steered the Ireland Show Jumping team into Friday’s Olympic final at the stunning Château de Versailles. Chef dEquipe, Michael Blake was satisfied with the professional work of his athletes in the qualifier. “Today worked out very well. We had some tiny bits of misfortune. A lot more teams had a lot more. The horses are jumping well and I think they will jump better tomorrow because this is an unusual event in that there is no class beforehand so you’re going in cold. “But the course builder did a good job with that in mind. It was probably a bit of a surprise that 20 faults got in so it caused plenty of trouble but I would expect it to be tougher tomorrow. But we are looking forward to it and to being right in the mix at the business end,” he said. Ireland finished Thursday’s qualifier on an overall score of nine faults in …
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