DERRYRONANE Stud’s Liam Lynskey, one of the sponsors of the Young Eventhorse Series, appeared at a qualifier for the first time in over a year at Rincoola last Thursday and his journey from Swinford with three animals was rewarded when two of them secured a ticket for next month’s finals at Lambertstown under Hannah Gordon.

Lynskey was particularly delighted that Gordon qualified in the eight to 15-year-old Connemara performance hunter class with Brackagh Dream as that 10-year-old gelding competed in the younger pony final at Dublin in 2016 when his sire, the Derryronane-based Black Shadow, won the older pony championship under Gordon.