SETTLING in comfortably on its new date on the FEI calendar, last weekend’s international event at Millstreet was a resounding success. The Duggan family overcame the many Covid-related complexities to stage a brilliant fixture and in the wake of so many showcase cancellations, this was just the tonic the eventing world needed.

The mere fact that so many top international riders based in Great Britain opted to make the tricky, regulation-loaded journey spoke volumes, while a glut of Irish winners meant they did not have things quite their own way.