THE first Open class of the season was staged last Sunday at Flowerhill, where this Connolly’s Red Mills/Irish Pony Club eventing qualifier was run by one of the country’s smallest branches, Tynagh, in conjunction with North Tipperary and Ormond.

While all 10 Open starters completed, only two did so on their dressage scores. These were the winner, Wicklow’s Sorcha Vickers with the Dutch Warmblood gelding Interface (28.74), a 13-year-old son of Montender, and the runner-up, West Carbery’s Lucy O’Connor riding Rowanhill Luka Chan (29.75).