THE powerful axis of Co Wicklow rider/producer Jane Bradbury and owner Daphne Tierney had their usual dispersal of ridden hunters during last year’s Dublin Horse Show and now bid to retain the Top Spec supreme championship with yet another strong team of young horses.

Last August, Bloomfield Excelsior, a four-year-old Jack Of Diamonds gelding, won the only heavyweight class en route to claiming the coveted title. This year, there are two classes in this weight division with the Tierney/Bradbury representative being Bloomfield Ambition, one of nine entries in the four-year-old class.