One rider who will certainly miss the FEHL, and be keen to offer advice regarding an alternative competition, is Sarah Ennis who won Thursday’s four-year-old section with Tanlins Policy and who now has six horses qualified for Dublin. As far as the Irish Horse World’s eventing columnist is concerned, the League is the ideal training ground for a horse such as this Irish Sport Horse gelding who is owned by the rider’s righthand man, Steve Lee. “He has been to all four rounds to date and has come on so much with every outing.

“He is a proper little jumper and was a very good boy today. Steve bought him to produce and sell on which is the same with all the other horses I’ve qualified for Dublin apart from the Kehoes’ Westwinds MacKenzie who they will hold on to for the present at least.”