IN the nicest way possible, one man who got what he deserved at Kilguilkey House last weekend was Richard Ames, title sponsor of the event through his company Semalease and owner of the first and second in the Horse Sport Ireland CCI3*-L, Chance Encounter VII and RCA Royal Summer.

The two were ridden by the USA’s Gillian Beale King, stable-jockey at Ames’s Belline Estate Equestrian in Piltown who was awarded the only sub-30 penalty dressage scores by the ground jury of Poland’s Slawomir Pietrzak and Ireland’s Joan Ahern. However, at this stage, RCA Royal Summer, who was on 28.8, had a point in hand over his stable-companion.