KINSALE’s Alice Copithorne won the Traditional Irish Horse working hunter class at last year’s Dublin Horse Show on Kilkeany Breeze and she took a first step towards a repeat victory when winning the qualifier at Scarteen on Tuesday.

This she did on the Marian Slattery-owned and bred Elegant Emilia (Young Carrabawn - Kings Elegance, by Kings Master), who was awarded 92 marks by judges Kevin McGuinness (ride) and Philip Scott (conformation). The five-year-old’s dam is a full-sister to The Kings Ransom, who finished third in the CCIJ2*-L at Ballindenisk in April.