EQUESTRIAN SPORT: Ireland's run of success on the international circuit continued this weekend, with Heike Holstein scoring her second dressage victory within a week, this time in Slovenia, and Denis Coakley galloping to an accumulator win in Poland, reports Grania Willis.

Holstein, riding the giant Welt Adel, claimed the Grand Prix Special on a score of 66.12. Coakley won with Dreampoint Clover in Poznan. The Irish team slid to third in the Nations Cup.