Not that the Skerries man had much time to enjoy the tasty fare, as his fellow commentator, Nick Boyle, had taken off to London for the weekend, leaving Peter to man the microphone on his own for the cross-country action.

The Hammarstrom twins, who featured in this column recently, also celebrated their 14th birthday at Tyrella, albeit a day in advance.

Selma won the CNCP** with Three Wells Breeze before she and Sligo Fortunus finished second to Klara and King’s Dumbledore in the one-star class.

The twins’ elder sister Mathilda was third in the O/CNC* with Peveril Petersburg making it a good day for the visitors whose mother Anna had flown in from Sweden for the weekend.