DURING the past month, a number of amateurs recorded their first Eventing Ireland victories, most recently Liz Power and Fiona Cosgrave who won EI90 classes at Killossery Lodge Stud and Kilguilkey House respectively last weekend.

Male riders are very much in the minority throughout the amateur ranks of Eventing Ireland so when a new name appeared at the top of the CNC1* Amateur leaderboard at Lisgarvan House at the end of April, we had to sit up and take notice.