IN a sport dominated numerically by females, especially among the underage ranks, three men had a day to remember at Boden Park where they recorded their first wins under Eventing Ireland rules.

Sam Micklem recorded an impressive all-the-way success in the 10-runner CNCJ* class with his grandmother Noreen Slazenger’s Smart Spirit. Show jumping clear, the Enniskerry combination added 14.4 cross-country time penalties to their winning dressage score of 29.3 which they had been awarded by Clare Fitzsimons.