HAVING failed to win under Eventing Ireland rules between the end of August 2011 and the middle of August 2018, the Lesley-Anne Lyons-owned and ridden Rupert Bear recorded his second EI100 Amateur success of 2019 at Ballindenisk (2) last month.

The now 21-year-old dun gelding, who is by the Connemara stallion Loughlum Sadat out of a thoroughbred mare, was sourced as a four-year-old through Jim Derwin.