JUNE Burgess, a recent recruit to the Eventing Ireland Northern Region’s candidate commentator training programme who took time out of competition for a number of years at different stages, recorded her first EI victory since April 2014 at Hazeldene (1) last Saturday.

And what a victory this was as not only did Burgess complete on her dressage score (26.3) in the 15-runner EI90 but did so on the Irish Sport Horse gelding Maxwelton, a seven-year-old Beach Ball bay who she herself bred out of the Master Imp mare Mexicana, a full-sister to Master Mexico (CPEDI3* and CCI3*).

Lucy Ferris, a very active member of the Newcastle Lyons Branch of the Irish Pony Club, amassed 3.6 cross-country time penalties in the EI90(P) on board her mother Mary’s Connemara mare Duncarbery Cascade but, on a total of 30.4, still ran out the comfortable winner on the 15-year-old Harp King grey.

Kaiti McCann recorded an all-the-way win in the 13-runner EI90(A) on her father Martin’s 16-year-old skewbald mare Boyher Cookies N Creme (22 penalties) while Karina McVeigh completed on her first-phase score in the 21-strong EI80 to record her third win this season on her eight-year-old dun mare Cococabana (28).