JUNE Burgess, a recent recruit to the Eventing Ireland Northern Region’s candidate commentator training programme who took time out of competition for a number of years at different stages, recorded her first EI victory since April 2014 at Hazeldene (1) last Saturday.

And what a victory this was as not only did Burgess complete on her dressage score (26.3) in the 15-runner EI90 but did so on the Irish Sport Horse gelding Maxwelton, a seven-year-old Beach Ball bay who she herself bred out of the Master Imp mare Mexicana, a full-sister to Master Mexico (CPEDI3* and CCI3*).