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Bishops Quarter

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BISHOPS QUARTER

Age: 16

Breeding: Irish Sport Horse by Obos Quality out of Ballydunne Beauty (by Cavalier Royale)

Rider: Commandant Geoff Curran

Owner: Minister For Defence and Maurice Cassidy

Breeder: Ger Murphy

Greatest achievements: first CSI3* puissance HOYS, first puissance Mullingar, second puissance Dublin 2022; first CSI3* puissance HOYS, first puissance Dublin, joint first puissance Royal Windsor 2023.

RIDER COMMANDANT GEOFF CURRAN

“PEOPLE always say to me ‘You must be very

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