THE Alex Ott Fund received a good boost last week as Showjumping Ireland chairman Tony Hurley presented a cheque of €10,000 from the Showjumping Ireland Injured Athlete’s Fund at the Blackrock Charity Show held at Kilguilkey House. Father of four, Alex Ott (38) who runs Goosebury Hill Horses in Meelin, north Cork, was exercising a horse near his home in Newmarket last November when he was thrown from the animal. The fund was established to help the devoted horseman recover from a very serious spinal injury.