Cathal Daniels has had a busy schedule this month, competing at one-day events and in the Future Event Horse League, as did many of his senior rivals, but also finding find time to qualify for the RDS combined training championships through his membership of the Irish Pony Club’s Tynagh Branch.

The Co Galway rider had an excellent day here. He won the Tredstep Ireland CNCJ* Series on his dressage score of 31 with Margaret Kinsella’s six-year-old Jackson’s Drift gelding Ballyknock Nice Guy and placed second on the same owner’s Imperial Hights gelding Sammy Davis Junior whose completion score of 31.2 included 1.2 for time across the country.