IRISH Sport horses filled the top three places at the final leg of the Event Rider Masters at Blair last weekend. The class was won by Australian Christopher Burton, who also went on to take the 2018 Event Rider Masters series title. He won last weekend’s class aboard the Irish Sport Horse Graf Liberty (Limmerick x Cavalier Royale), a 13-year-old gelding who was bred in Co Down by Brian Livingstone.

Second after dressage, the pair dropped two places to fourth due to a lowered coloured pole in the show jumping. The only pair to make the optimum time across country in dire weather conditions, they moved to the top of the table when Oliver Townend and Cillnabradden Evo picked up 2.8 time penalties.