EASILY the best supported of the three open classes at Barnadown, which were added to the Eventing Ireland national championships schedule at the request of riders, was the EI90 which attracted an entry of 10 and a starting line-up of eight.

A week after her daughter Ciara had won the 50-runner CCI2*-L at the Ballindenisk international horse trials on board Ashwood Rio, Edwina O’Connor made her one and only appearance of the EI season a winning one here on the Irish Draught gelding Ashwood Reggie (29.7 penalties).