THE Seskinore Harriers Branch of The Pony Club held the first of Area 17’s 2027 Barrier Spring Festival qualifiers last Sunday at Castle Irvine, Necarne where the arena eventing competitions were staged in the Walled Garden.

The best-supported class was the AE80 where, riding the Irish Sport Horse mare Kilcurry Liberos Flight, a 16-year-old daughter of Metropole, East Antrim’s Daniel Stewart held off 15 rivals, the closest of whom at the finish was the hosts’ Jessica McCarroll on Tullira Fudge.