NATIONAL Balmoral pulled out all the stops last weekend to host two of the richest Grands Prix in the country. Sunday’s feature was the £25,000 Wilsons Auctions-sponsored Plusvital Premier Series, which also had the added excitement of determining the two riders who got through to the five-star classes at next month’s Dublin Horse Show.

Victory stayed north as Monaghan’s Clem McMahon delivered the winning round aboard Clonterm Obolensky when he was the fastest of four double clears in a time of 43.03 to pick up £7,500 in prize money. Owned by Oliver Glancy Jnr and bred by Brian Duff, the eight-year-old gelding is by Cornet Obolensky and is out of She Has the Lux (Lux Z).