KILDARE pony rider Isabelle Comerford closed her season in the best possible way, when she posted her first international victory in the CIC1*P. Riding her European championship partner Colour Me Fancy, Comerford opened her competition with an 11-mark advantage, and stretching it throughout, completed comfortably ahead of Katie McKee with Fair Lad and Zara Burke Ott riding Aille Fountain Breeze.

Featuring in the calendar just two weeks after the national championships, it was possibly not surprising, although a little disappointing, to see only four runners going to post.