TO win a championship at the RDS with a home-bred is always very special, and it was particularly so when Point Up landed the four-year-old division for staunch owner/breeder and eventing supporter Bridget McGing.

Ridden by Ian Cassells, the grey filly impressed on both days, pulling up to lead the field from fifth place overnight. A beautifully-bred daughter of the former world young horse champion Upsilon (CCI4*) out of the CCI3* event mare Diamond Pointe (Pointilliste), she was foot-perfect in the Main Arena and, despite her lack of experience, remained in her rhythm and appeared completely unfazed.