LAST week’s 50th anniversary Ballindenisk international horse trials was marked by an excellent entry in the featured CCI4*-L, which as mentioned on p91, was won by Britain’s Hayden Hankey and the Irish Sport Horse gelding Fools In Love, and the introduction of two well-supported team competitions for young riders.

One, for the George Mernagh Cup, was for all riders under 25 years of age across the range of 3*, 2* and 1* classes and this followed on from the first leg of this youth exchange competition at the Cornbury international horse trials in England last month. Ireland ran out the winners by six points.