WE don’t want months of no rain at all of course, but hopefully the drenchings people have endured over the first five weeks of the Baileys Horse Feeds flexi eventing series at The Meadows can be balanced by some nice dry weather as spring advances.

The final qualifying round in the series takes place today at the McCusker family’s Lurgan equestrian centre where, having won his Intro dressage on the previous four weekends, Isaac McCarthy had to settle for joint-third last Saturday with Suirvalley Little Monkey. However, as the Iveagh Pony Club member and Dawn Carlisle’s 19-year-old bay gelding were again clear at 90cm level in both show jumping and cross-country, McCarthy has amassed 59 league points.