BARNADOWN played host to the fifth leg of the DAFM/Horse Sport Ireland Show jumping Studbook Series last weekend, with the qualifier classes on Saturday and the finals on Sunday. There was a strong following for each of the three categories, with over 200 horses lining up across the three age classes on Saturday.

In the five-year-old section, 34 produced a double clear round to go forward to the final on Sunday where 15 of these jumped a second double clear to split the €2,500 prize fund on offer. The Warmblood Studbook of Ireland-approved stallion Unicum-H (BWP) was one of the 15 double clears and now sits in joint first at the head of the leaderboard with the German-bred mare MCG Carrow Kuhnstuck (WESTF), who was also double clear both days.