SALLY Corscadden, Ireland’s eventing team manager, reports that she is “thrilled” with the results in Luhmühlen, where Sam Watson and Cathal Daniels recorded two of the most impressive results for Irish eventing in recent years, finishing in sixth and seventh places respectively at the prestigious four-star German event.

Watson, riding Belinda Keir's Horseware Ardagh Highlight (ISH), and Daniels, aboard Margaret Kinsella’s Rioghan Rua (ISH), were among just six riders who managed to finish clear inside the time during Saturday’s demanding cross country phase at the German venue, moving them both inside the top 10, where they shared seventh overnight.