JUST three of the 31-strong startlist in the 1.30m six-year-old final managed a double-clear round to divide first place on Friday afternoon in Mullingar.

Eight combinations progressed to the second round timed decider. First to go was Wesley Ryan with Michael James Pender’s Belgian-bred Serena VD Berghoeve. The pair left all the jumps they did intact but missed out on fence six which caused a technical elimination for the duo and left them in eighth place.