There was a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers but, happily, more of the former.

The organisers of the league are delighted that this year former graduates Bay My Hero and Paulank Brockagh have won two of the world’s four-star events at Lexington and Kentucky while Stellor Rebound followed up his win in the CIC*** at Chatsworth last month with a third place finish in The Irish Field CCI*** last weekend.