AFTER winning the feature class, Patrick Whelan had looked on track to land a one-two in the following CNC2*but in the end a costly show jumping error left him in second and third places behind Robbie Kearns and Ballingowan Euphoria.

Kearns had delivered a smart test on the flat (30.0) with Ann O’Grady’s good seven-year-old and, adding nothing further, eventually bettered Whelan aboard Denis Finch Hatton (31.7) as well as The Irish Factor.