The accepted horse and rider combinations are Clare Abbott and Euro Prince, Aoife Clark and Fenyas Elegance, Geoff Curran and Shanaclough Crecora, Sarah Ennis and Sugar Brown Babe, Joseph Murphy and Sportsfield Othello, Jim Newsam and Magennis, as well as Sam Watson and Horseware Bushman.

Three more Irish combinations are on the waiting list; Mark Kyle and Coolio, Austin O’Connor and Ringwood Mississippi and Michael Ryan and Ballylynch Skyport.