THE Dennison family hosted Saturday’s Northern Region one-day event at Loughanmore, outside Templepatrick, where the heavens opened for 20 minutes of heavy rain at about 6.15am.

However, once the paramedics had driven the course before the dressage phase commenced, declaring themselves able to access all cross-country fences, the organisers were happy to go ahead with the day’s action. As this is one of the most popular, and challenging, tracks in the Region, this decision was well received by owners and riders.