THE Irish childen on horsesriders got their campaign off to a good start last May as the team of Ciaran Nallon (Woodfield Samenco), Abby Morton (Patch Mills Laura), Shane Moloney (Valtaire) and Emelie Larkin (Flexing) finished third in Deauville.

In Hagen, the team of Harry Allen (Wild Thing), Larkin (Flexing), Morton (Patch Mills Laura) and Killian Ryan (Boomerang Breeze) showed similar form to finish sixth. Jack Ryan, who was also competing in Hagen, delivered his best result when finishing in fourth in a Table A (Cavalier Teaca).