JAMIE Smyth’s trip down to Orchard Lodge on Saturday proved well worthwhile as he won two of the three ridden Connemara qualifiers judged by Joanne Quirke and Kevin McGuinness whose final top five in these well-filled classes all secured their Dublin tickets by right.

As Sadhbh O’Connor already had a pony qualified for the four and five-year-old class, she offered Smyth the ride on her mother Aoife’s North Cottage Silver JJ and will now have home competition for their Balmoral and Tullylish winner, and 2024 Dublin reserve champion, Teach Mor Sparrow, to face in the Ballsbridge ring.