THE five-year-old ISH Studbook Series saw a start list of 24 reduced to 12 for the second round.

Of this dozen just seven combinations kept a clean sheet to divide first place and they included; HHS Mercedes (Molly Hughes Bravo), Mendoza (Harry Wood), HHS Sir Loui (Mikey Pender), Gracefield Apollo (Nicola FitzGibbon), ABS Misty (Brendan Murphy), Greenhall Mullord (Ciaran Moran) and Krafty Krackers (Tholm Keane).