Irish Sport Horse Monbeg Kobe claimed a brilliant bronze medal in the six-year-old championship at the FEI WBFSH World Breeding Eventing Championships for Young Horses at Le Lion dAngers in France.Ridden by Australias Kevin McNab, the Irish Sport Horse finished third overall on a score of 31.4, completing a hugely impressive championship with just 0.4 time penalties in Sundays final show jumping phase.Bred in Ireland by Miguel Bravo, Monbeg Kobe is by HHS Cornet out of HHS Black Beauty by Clintord and is owned by Valentine Tourres. The six-year-old had produced a score of 31.0 in dressage before completing the cross-country course clear and inside the time, leaving him in medal contention heading into the final phase.The bronze medal is the latest in a long line of outstanding performances by Irish Sport Horses at Le Lion and provides a major international showcase for Irish breeding, with Monbeg Kobe finishing behind only Germanys Anne Catrin Bierlein with ACSI Daisy Dynamite and Switzerlands Robin Godel with Kosmic dElbe in the six-year-old championship.There was further Irish success in the seven-year-old championship, where Irish Sport Horse Rutland Flamenco and Ian Cassells finished ninth.The seven-year-old mare, bred by Eugene McEntee in Co Down and owned by Patrick Murphy, produced another impressive performance at Le Lion, adding just 0.4 time penalties in the final show jumping phase to finish on 33.3.Cassells and Rutland Flamenco won silver at last years World Young Horse Championships as six-year-olds and again showed their class among the worlds leading seven-year-olds.Harry Horgan and HHE Fernhill McCoy were the next best Irish combination in the seven-year-old championship, finishing 25th on 40.6, while Robbie Kearns and Millstreet Kanby completed the competition in 42nd.There was also a top-15 finish for Ireland in the six-year-old championship, with Ian Cassells riding BT Just Special into 14th place. The Irish Sport Horse, bred and owned by Bridget Speirs, jumped clear in the final phase to finish on 36.7.Elizabeth Power and Belline Kilbunny Virtue also completed the six-year-old championship inside the top 20, finishing 20th on their dressage score of 39.2.The results once again underline the depth and quality of Irish breeding, with an Irish Sport Horse on the podium at one of the worlds most prestigious championships for young event horses as Monbeg Kobe landed a bronze medal, alongside Rutland Flamencos second consecutive top-10 finish at Le Lion.The post Irish Sport Horse Monbeg Kobe wins World Championship bronze at Le Lion appeared first on .