From an original startlist of 36, some 28 went to post in the testing weather conditions. With O’Connor among those withdrawing, Sweetnam was the sole Irish challenger on Spy Coast Farm’s Diktator Van De Boslandhoeve.

The second annual event brought together many of the best show jumpers in the world for the charity fundraiser set on the lawn of Donald Trump’s estate. Despite substantial rain, the new grass footing held up well throughout the competition to give American Kent Farrington his second consecutive victory.