FOR the fourth year in a row, Joseph Murphy tops Eventing Ireland’s list of leading riders based on results on the national circuit and international events at home and abroad.

Murphy finished the year on 553 points, the majority of which were amassed mainly at four-star level on Suzanne Finlay’s 12-year-old Last News gelding DHI Topstory (28th at Badminton, second in the CIC*** at Kilguilkey House and 15th at Burghley) and Sportsfield Othello (sixth in the CICO*** at Ballindenisk, 12th at Luhmulen and 24th at Pau).