Sharing second place after dressage on 32.0, the Co Limerick pair was later promoted when dressage leader Emily Corbett (31.0) lowered a coloured pole with Lachain Guy, and fellow contenders clocked up expensive time penalties in the country.

As the breeder and former rider of this year’s Badminton entrant Shanaclough Crecora, John Glynn knows well the qualities required to make a top class horse. With comparisons in mind, he was therefore especially pleased to record that his six-year-old Shanaclough Tory Hill had given him much the same feel.