Ridden by Lesley Webb, the chesnut, who looks an ideal eventing type, was only second in her ladies’ astride class, behind Lyndsey O’Brien’s owner-ridden 11-year-old Olympic Lux gelding Mr Shakespeare. However, she beat that Co Limerick-produced grey into second in their lightweight class en route to claiming the hunter title.

Mr Shakespeare also had to settle for reserve honours in the supreme judging with second reserve being the champion ridden cob, Sam McAteer’s Randalstown Designer Stubble, a seven-year-old chesnut gelding who was also ridden in his class by Webb.

In the open ridden pony division, the supreme title went to the Jamie Smyth-partnered Colorado. The 14-year-old chesnut gelding was winner earlier of the open intermediate championship ahead of Shannon Corbett and her Dublin riding horse champion Massereene Dorian Grey, a seven-year-old bay gelding by Crusheen Comet.

In the supreme, Ellie McDonnell and Brynoffa Jonquil were presented with the reserve sash while second reserve was Sophie McDonald and her new Dales pony Kilmannon Rob Roy, the mountain and moorland open and novice large breeds champion and reserve supreme novice ridden champion.