CHRIS and Sue Ryan judged last Sunday’s second leg of the Eventing Ireland Western Region’s Berts Properties Starter Series at the Milchem Equestrian Centre of regional chair, Ralph Conroy, the day’s course builder.

His track started out over eight show jumping fences, followed by between nine and 11 very well-dressed cross-country fences, which included water and a bank, depending on the class. The jumping phase proved influential in the pony and four-year-old classes.