THE Irish Breeders’ Classic certainly proved to be a happy hunting ground for Mikey Pender as the claimed the €10,000 Castlefield Breeding Farm and Aloga five- and six-year-old All Studbooks Final on Saturday at Barnadown.

A total of 32 qualified combinations lined out to contest the final and, as expected, the standard was high with 16 proceeding to the timed round.