Riding the Irish-bred Fenyas Elegance, her partner on each occasion, Clark became the first Irish rider to lift Yorkshire’s prestigious eventing crown and gained her second CCI*** win in the process.

Going into the final phase in second spot, the duo produced a polished clear round and in the final minutes reversed placings with overnight leader Britain’s Izzy Taylor and Orlando. “Obviously just delighted,” said Clark afterwards. “Although it was different from Blenheim, in that I had to wait in the collecting to win it. Izzy (Taylor) doesn’t often have a pole, and it wasn’t until Michael Ryan came over to congratulate me, that I knew that I had won!”