HARRY Payne (British Dressage List 1) accepted an invitation from the Eastern Region of Dressage Ireland to judge at their show in Marlton Stud last Saturday, when the largest field he faced was in the six-runner Elementary DI55.

Here, Payne awarded his highest overall score (70.18%) to Oscar O’Connor on board his own and his mother Susan’s Funkstar (Foundation - Fanfare, by Sir Donnerhall I). The Co Wexford rider and the seven-year-old Oldenburg gelding also topped the overall scores in the eight-runner Elementary DI52, which was judged by Lindsey Ilona Brady (List 4), one of two Dressage Ireland judges on duty at Marlton, along with Lisa O’Brien (List 6).