THE RDS is staging a second international Connemara performance hunter class in Ring 2 next Sunday afternoon when, once again, the French are sending a quartet of stallions. These will first take part in Wednesday’s stallion parade and then in Thursday’s flat class where they will face last year’s winner, Claire Lacy and Danny Flynn’s Lucky Rebel.

Lancashire’s Amy Smith returns with her Rynn Richard gelding Laburnum Richard and three new combinations to form the British squad, while the Irish team, who were victorious last year, will be based on the result of the older Connemara performance hunter class on Wednesday.