LAST Saturday’s Baileys Horse Feeds Flexi Eventing series presentation at The Meadows was held at the end of the day’s non-qualifying dressage phase, where Lucca Stubington claimed the riding honours with a double.

This she completed in the Pre-Novice class, where 21 combinations came before Lucinda Webb-Graham, who awarded eight of them scores over 70%. Stubington topped this group with Heather McReynolds’s Irish Sport Horse gelding Glencarne, who had three outings under Eventing Ireland rules last season. The Olympic Lux six-year-old is out of Vive La Kitty, an Ars Vivendi own-sister to Catriona (CCI4*-S).

The Stubington double was initiated before the same judge in Section B of the Intro class, where Sweet Wall Eventing’s stable jockey partnered Liam Lynskey’s home-bred ISH gelding DS Are You Bouncing to victory (74.3%). The five-year-old DS Are You With Me grey, who is out of the Moylough Bouncer mare DS Bouncing In Clover, will be aimed at young event horse qualifiers, as well as some EI events.

There were 16 starters in that class, while 24 came before graduate judge Tina O’Connor in Section A. Here, Eimear Watson came out on top with the Irish Draught mare Gaurlin Lady (72.5%), who was placed in both of her EI80 starts last season, marginally losing out on the top spot at Tullymurry 2. The 16-year-old Huntingfield Rebel grey is out of a Kildalton Gold mare, out of a Western Pride mare.

Higher grades

Vanda Stewart, who judged both higher graded classes, awarded two scores over 70% in the 22-runner Novice class, where her winner was Alex Houston riding the home-bred ISH mare My Atlantic Encore (73.8).

An eight-year-old by Centre Stage out of Lady Coroner (by Coroner), the bay only started eventing last season and was placed in seven of her 11 EI100 starts, winning at the new venue of Ash Hollow in early August.

Second there on Annaghmore Cornoko (70.3%), who never finished outside the top six in five EI100 starts in 2024, Smith Brothers Eventing’s Casey Webb claimed the top two places in the three-runner Intermediate class. She won with the 12-year-old ISH mare Aprils Pacino Time (66.6) and placed second on the 14-year-old ISH mare HHF Elegance (63.7), both of whom have competed at CCI4*-S level.

Seventeen-year-old Lee Bloomfield, who finished third (68.8%), fourth (68) and sixth (67) in Saturday’s Pre-Novice class, was one of three Smith Brothers Eventing pupils, who recently passed their BHS Stage 3 riding exam - the others being Hannah Groves and Anna McErlean.