As in the case down south, certain branches target these competitions and at the Iveagh grounds in Portadown there was a strong representation from the host club, whose Casey Webb won the open class with Gina Johnson’s nine-year-old home-bred Spirit Dancer gelding Hill Dancer.

Webb, who spends any free time she has working with the Smith brothers in Gilford, unfortunately slipped up on the flat with Hill Dancer in the CCIJ* at Tattersalls. Now back on song, they topped the dressage marks of Yvette Truesdale and show jumped clear before Hilary McClelland to complete on 93.5 points.