TEAM IRELAND LIE 13th overall at the end of the dressage phase of the Olympic eventing competition.
Sarah Ennis, Ireland’s third and final competitor, scored 38.10 with her horse Woodcourt Garrison on Saturday morning, which ranked 50th of the 62 competitors.
“Being honest, I am very disappointed,” Ennis said afterwards.
“We really thought we had him in a position to get a much better mark. He has been going amazing all week. He just got nervous when he went into the ring.
“We just have to hope that the rest of it goes a bit better.”
Sam Watson posted the best score of the Irish with 34.30 on board Flamenco on Friday, leaving him 38th in the individual rankings, while Austin O’Connor’s score of 38.00 on Colorado Blue put him in 49th place.
Those performances gave Ireland a combined team score of 110.40 after the dressage phase.
Great Britain lead the team event after an opening score of 78.30 ahead of Germany (80.40) and New Zealand (86.40).
Competition continues on Sunday morning with the cross-country phase on the Sea Forest Cross-Country Course.
