AS with dressage and show jumping, Horse Sport Ireland sponsored an autumn development series in eventing which covered one-day events, arena eventing and young event horse classes. However, there was no league and final in this discipline with each event being run as a standalone competition.

The series got under way, as scheduled, on September 19th at Knockany where Steven Smith won the EI110 for six- and seven-year-olds on Terry Johnston’s 2013 Cruising Harry gelding Fredie Fox (31.8 penalties). For good measure, the Gilford rider was second with the year-younger Ringfort Cruise gelding Mike Of Mourne on whom he competed in the CCI2*-L at Le Lion d’Angers in October.