THE Cullen family, Becky, Declan and Kitty, staged a second successful Eventing Ireland Northern Region event at The Clare last Saturday, two weeks after hosting the first one-day of the second half of the regional season and prior to their departure to this weekend’s European pony eventing championships at Le Mans.

Becky and Declan have long been promoters of thoroughbreds in eventing so, with sponsorship from Treo Eile and Cornbury House International Horse Trials (September 10th to 14th), they ran a dedicated class at EI100 level for bluebloods on Saturday. It attracted 11 entries but only seven riders with both Conor McClory and Molly Evans partnering three horses apiece.