AFTER a successful winter season based with Les Moorhouse in the North of England, Madeline Allen signed off with a coveted ticket to the Royal International Horse Show when Daroento VDL finished second in the winter B&C qualifier at Morris Equestrian Centre, Scotland.

“He had a busy summer last year, so I gave him a break and brought him over (to England) in January to get him fit. It was a big track and we were early to go in the jump-off so we had to cut where we could, but he always does the job when you get him to a fence,” said Allen.