It didn’t seem right to say it and even less so to write but, on a warm, sunny Wednesday, every now and again there was a lovely cooling breeze at Forth Mountain as James and Sheila O’Connor welcomed the Future Event Horse League to their Co Wexford home.

The most notable change in the Derby Arena was the re-siting of the show jumps to the far field, where they jumped much the better, although the vertical at three and the vertical first element of the following double fell regularly when the action eventually started at 13.40.