SOME 88 four-year-olds lined out before German judges Philip Boelle and Klaus Storbeck hoping for one of the eight places on offer in the final Dublin Horse Show qualifier at The Meadows EC.

In the end it was Tom Hearne’s home-bred mare Killelton Ford that was declared a clear winner on a score of 87. By OBOS Quality out of Hot Flush (Clover Flush), she has been consistently providing clear rounds for Zoe Connolly since April and pulled out all the stops for owner/rider Hearne to secure the win by a margin of three points.

Junior rider Coen Williams took the runner-up spot earning 84 points aboard owner/breeder Anne Marie O’Gorman’s mare Cutting Edge Too (Urano Du Cartigny x Carthago Z).

Vincent Byrne guided Rachel Moxham’s home-bred mare Belle Mai (Luidam x Furistos Trump) into third place on a score of 83.5. DJ O’Sullivan made sure Ballypatrick were well represented when he guided Olga Doyle’s French-bred mare Juana Moussardiere (Andiamo Semilly x Kannan) into fourth on 81, while Clare Abbott rode Lawrence Patterson’s Belgian-bred Cornet’s Fox Z (Cornet Obolensky x Fighting Fit) to fifth on 76.5.

Thomas O’Brien rode his own home-bred Co Andi (Andiamo Semilly x Orame) into sixth on a score of 76. The final two qualifying slots went to Ciaran Moran, riding owner/breeder Derry Rothwell’s Greenhall April (Dignified Van’t Zorgvliet x Mermus R), and owner/breeder Mathilda O’Regan’s FS Bianca (Vivant van de Heffinck x Iroko) with Anthony O’Regan in the saddle.