AT Pompadour CDI*** in France last weekend, two more Irish pony combinations succeeded in qualifying for the European Championships. Leah Murphy with RFS Socrates and Sive Kearney with Mr Hail Bob both scored well in excess of the 62% minimum qualification requirement, and join Robyn O’Neill with Belsasser and Vicky Campbell with Be My Snowflake as combinations eligible for selection.

Both riders progressed to last Sunday’s freestyle final, in which Murphy scored 65.917% to finish ninth in a competitive section, her best international result to date.