“LISGARVAN ran a great show,” was Michael Ryan’s verdict at the conclusion of the venue’s second Eventing Ireland fixture of the year last Sunday. “They had lovely arenas and the cross-country was top class; good and strong and very educational. It was a great galloping track, very fair, and the organisers had put in a lot of effort,” he continued.

Ryan finished first and second in the Overlander EI115 when two of his Ballindenisk-bound rides, JVK Eclipse and Lux Dam Good, finished on exactly the same score of 37.4. JVK Eclipse had the advantage after the first phase (29) before being demoted to second behind his stablemate when he rolled a pole in the show jumping arena. A faster cross-country round for just 4.4 time penalties saw him reclaim the lead, however, and edge his Jessica O’Driscoll-owned stablemate Lux Dam Good into second place.