THE Northern Region of Eventing Ireland held their customary pre-season two-phase event last Saturday at Tyrella, where there may have been a cool start to the morning but the sun shone down throughout a long and busy day at John and Hannah Corbett’s wonderful seaside venue.

Saturday marked Andrew Napier’s unveiling as a cross-country course designer outside his own domain of Hazeldene Farm and, by all accounts, he didn’t disappoint. He was assisted in preparing the course by his father Nigel, while his wife Laura was in charge of dressing the fences on the three tracks.