Childéric Saddles 5YO Final

THE Childéric Saddles five-year-old section of the Stepping Stones to Success League finals went the way of the league winner, Diamond Mistress, who won the 11-runner final by a commanding margin under Sian Coleman. The Irish Sport Horse mare, who was competing for the first time this season before her very proud owner/breeder, Kate Jarvey, topped the scores in all three phases of the competition on her way to a winning total of 231.5, over 18 marks clear of her nearest rival. Diamond Mistress was on 60 marks following Anne Marie Dunphy’s judging of the dressage phase; on 143.5, she comfortably topped the combined scores of Ian Fearon (show jumping) and Britain’s J.P. Sheffield (cross-country) in the Derby Arena while the day’s conformation and type judge, Johnny Kyle, had her two marks clear of the field on 28.