HAVING walked home in the earlier CNCP**, it was good to see Christopher Dehaene gain compensation in the EI100P.

Riding the seven-year-old Majas Mobility, he headed the nine runners on a super dressage score of 23.3, and adding nothing further completed nearly six marks, ahead of Jenny Kuehnle with new ride Cahirview Paddy, and Niall Burke aboard Stepping Spartacus.

Kuehnle was unlucky not to record another good placing with Tullibards Lucky Kate but a stop at the table proved expensive, as it did for Hannah O’ Flaherty (Crininish Mist), who picked up a similar penalty at the penultimate.

Emma Kennedy may have settled for second spot in the CNCJ* but she went one better to land her first EI100J victory with Ginger.

In a class where the show jumping proved hugely influential, Kennedy added four penalties to her second-placed dressage mark, but still held on to beat Jane McClean with the clean jumping Mosstown Calleto and Luke Coen aboard Kereden Prince of Thieves.

Ian Walsh’s good day got even better when he posted a rewarding double in the EI100. Riding Clonshire Graduate (OBOS Quality) for Dan Foley, Walsh led from the front, pipping the Cathal Daniels-ridden duo of Its Shoe Time and DHI Fernando.

The initial second-placed runners of Sian Hawkes (Lady Baton Rouge) were unlucky to be a eliminated after a technical flagging issue at fence eight, as was Eric Pele aboard Carrigogunnell Galaxy.

Moving on to the EI90 track, Eric O’Driscoll gained a good win with Maurice Smiddy’s homebred Hale Serena. Only a four-year-old, the daughter of Mr Hale Bob added just time faults to her opening mark, to lead Sian Hawkes (Crock A Bye Baby) and dressage leader Jason Furlong with the thoroughbred Papal Teddy. The time across the country was certainly tight, and as a result no one completed on their opening score.

In contrast the top three in the closing EI90P class all held their dressage marks, with the honours falling to pillar-to-post leaders Chloe Fagan and Moydrum Buachaill Bui (30.8).

Sharing the same score, Isabel Comerford held onto second (Langtons Choice) from Isla Sexton and Patience Sweeney.