Rachel Dowley

IRELAND’s Roland Tong made his mount Ambience’s debut at international Grand Prix level a successful one last week at Hartpury CDI*** in Gloucestershire. He and Sandra Kirkpatrick’s 10-year-old Dutch-bred gelding, finished eighth in the Grand Prix on 68.660%. The combination then progressed to Sunday’s Grand Prix Special, where they improved their mark to 70.765%, which was good enough for fifth place.