JOHN Tilley and Grantstown Luckington Lane recorded an all-the-way win in the Foran Equine EI100 at Frankfort on Sunday, when they completed on their leading dressage score of 25.8. This marked a first Eventing Ireland victory for Victoire von Schoen’s Lucky Luck-sired six-year-old mare, from her four recorded runs this season. Caitie Slater sat in second place after the dressage phase with Hans Kuehnle’s Tullibards Here And Now, but the addition of four penalties in the show jumping arena saw the combination drop to third on a total score of 30.8.

Sadhbh Bolger and Little Miss Grantstown swapped places with Slater, rising from third after dressage to eventual second, adding only 0.4 of a penalty for finishing one second over the optimum time across country to their dressage score of 27.8. This was a good result made all the more impressive for it being the Colandro-sired five-year-old mare’s first outing under Eventing Ireland rules. Patrick Whelan added to his tally here when finishing fourth and sixth with Sportsfield Flair and Kilbunny Tahiti respectively.