Wandy McIlwaine’s homebred daughter of Crosstown Dancer stood second in the original line-up in her lightweight class earlier on Wednesday to Kieran Ryan’s Stormhill Miller gelding Skyline. However, after Robin Sharpe had ridden both five-year-olds and they had been judged in hand by Laura Hamilton, the placings were reversed.

Also winning his class to proceed to the evening’s championship was Fiona Crowe’s nine-year-old Ard VDL Douglas grey Highdell Eclipse who always stood in first place in the middleweight division. Webb had a second ride through in the heavyweight winner, Julie O’Neill’s five-year-old West Coast Cavalier gelding Lets Coast who is maturing nicely.