THE Fell family at Ballindenisk are no strangers to weather related adversity, and once again the elements tested them to the full. Having attracted their biggest entry to date and undertaken a perfect preparation, the entire event was then threatened by a weather warning for Saturday afternoon. In what ultimately turned out to be a stroke of genius, Peter Fell and his team not only rejigged the timetable but moved entire dressage and show jumping arenas to accommodate it.

As a result, the cross-country kicked off two hours earlier than scheduled on Saturday morning, and was completed within minutes of the projected deluge at 4.30pm.