THE Cavan Crystal Hotel five-year-old final has been a bedrock for young horse competition, dating back 33 years at the Cavan Equestrian September Indoor Championships. The roll of honour has included many horses that have been produced further to compete at international and Nations Cup level and the latest combination to join the list of winners is Luke Campbell and his own Pegase Van’t Ruytershof bay mare, Rilana DL.

A field of 39 combinations took on the 1.20m course in the first round, where 10 made it into the second round and, of those, five combinations made it into the third round against the clock.