ALTHOUGH Richard Coney and Mermus R Diamonds missed their Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day-Event debut on account of a last-minute injury to the 11-year-old mare, there was some consolation when her first embryo transfer foal arrived last week.

The colt foal is by Contendro I, the Holsteiner stallion that topped the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) rankings for five consecutive years (2015-2019).