LIMERICK’S Robbie Kearns and Belline Thistle Bethelasttime were the deserved winners of the Donagh Hickey Motors CCI2*-L class at Millstreet International after they kept a clean sheet to finish on their dressage score of 29.4 penalties.

Speaking after his win Robbie said: “It was a really good win for this mare, I’m delighted that it all came together this weekend as I think she’s really talented but she has been a little tricky to produce.” Belline Thistle Bethelasttime is a seven-year-old mare by Grafenstolz bred by Johnston Brodie, who competed at Le Lion d’Angers last year in the six-year-old championships where she slipped and fell on the flat out on the cross-country course.