THE 90cms classes proved popular at last Saturday’s Eventing Ireland Northern Region two-phase event in Tyrella where the senior division had to be split, with just under 30 in both halves, while there were 25 starters in the junior class.

Denise Kelly-Rice won Section A of the seniors when nearest to the optimum time across the country on Harold Bunting’s Lilly (4.50 minutes), a six-year-old mare by Antaeus. The bay’s dam, Alyssia (by Flemmingh), was imported from The Netherlands by Bunting but Co Armagh’s Patrick McCrory is credited with breeding Sunday’s winner.