THE second running of the Pony Club Nations’ Cup of Eventing was held last week at the Aspen Cooling Osberton international horse trials where English members proved dominant, winning the two team competitions and filling the top three places on both individual leaderboards.

The 20 combinations who travelled across the Irish Sea for this competition were supported mainly by the George Mernagh Fund, Eventing Ireland and EI’s Youth Committee plus, of course, parents and guardians who put in many miles and hours through the season supporting the Area 17 and Irish Pony Club members in their bid for selection for the Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland teams.