IT was a golden day for Sam Watson and Ballybolger Goldman as they took the win in the CCI2*-L class on a score of 27.1 for owners Lesley Crampton and Hannah Watson.

Bought as a foal from the field, the seven-year-old is by Tullabeg Fusion out of a thoroughbred mare, the “perfect breeding for an eventer” according to Watson. “Goldman is a very special horse - he is by the same sire as my Tokyo Olympic horse Tullabeg Flamenco and just has everything you would want in an event horse.