KIWI rider Tim Price finally got the better of Vittoria Panizzon and Luc Chateau, to land the Eventing Ireland CCI2* from the front. Deputising for his wife Jonelle, Price teamed up with Susan Lamb’s lovely Irish mare Kincooley Cruising, and gaining a healthy opening advantage, added nothing further to his dressage mark of 38.3.

“I’m a bit of a gelding kind of guy,” jested Price, who has recently taken the ride on three mares as his wife Jonelle is pregnant. “So this is a bit of a learning curve for me, and proving quite interesting!