THREE meetings have been held in Britain since this column last appeared and there have been four Irish-bred winners at each.

The first of seven fixtures this season at Larkhill in Wiltshire was hosted by the Hursley Hambledon hunt on Sunday, December 1st when there was an upset in the ladies’ open. There, the Joe O’Shea-trained Ravished (4/6), who had started the campaign with a win at Cottenham two weeks earlier, was beaten a length by Southfield Theatre.