MOYA Teeling and Shanbo Myles, who were fifth in the Dublin final in 2023, will bid to improve on that placing next month having secured a qualifying ticket when winning Section B of the eight to 15-year-old Connemara performance hunter qualifier at Rincoola last Saturday.

A resident of Co Meath’s very short coastline, Teeling and the nine-year-old Shanbo Jimmy gelding, who was bred by Noel Farrell out of the Monaghanstown Fionn mare Morning Mist Star, had an excellent start to the showing season when winning the Horse of the Year Show working hunter championship at the Northern Ireland Festival in Cavan.