JUST three competitors contested the EI110(J) at Flowerhill, in which Oisin Phelan recorded his fourth win of the season with the Boherdeal Clover-sired Killahara Ailbhe. Both he and the second-placed combination of Grace Mahon with Ballycondon OBOS kept clean sheets through the jumping phases, and Phelan’s dressage score of 30.5 gave him the edge over Mahon’s 31.8. David Keatley was the sole runner in the EI115(J) section, and he completed on 46.4 with the traditionally-bred The Kings Ransom.

The EI100(J) boasted a larger entry, and the victory here went to Rosemary Dundon riding Indigo Lily when they posted the only double clear of the class to finish on their first phase score of 32.8. Dressage leaders Laragh Byrne and LA Saurian Cavalier had to settle for second, after they incurred eight penalties in the show jumping phase to finish on 36. Lucy Hope Ryan finished best of the five starters in the EI100(P) with Brambles Bartholomew, while Elsa Walsh went unchallenged in the EI110(P). She and Ardnehue Red Robin added four show jumping penalties to their dressage score of 31.3 to complete on 35.3.

Emily Murphy recorded her first win of the season at EI100 (Amateur) level, riding the thoroughbred mare Lily Bobtail. This combination jumped double clear to finish on their dressage score of 32.8, ahead of second-placed Sarah Hayes-Hickey and Flame of the West. It was a case of third run lucky for Maria Jepsen and Belline Diamondswatch in the EI90 (Amateur) section, when they topped the leaderboard on their first phase mark of 28.5. Rachael O’Callaghan finished second on her first start with MBF Like To Move It, a six-year-old mare by Move To Strike, who had previously been produced by Alex Donohoe.