LAST weekend was the final chance to qualify for the National show jumping classes at this year’s Balmoral Show. Competition was fierce, as riders battled it out for the final four places on offer in the five-year-old championship, the six and seven-year-old championship and the 1.35m championship.

Qualifiers in Portmore, Kernans and The Meadows throughout March had seen a dozen places filled, so there were just four more each on offer in Cavan.