IRELAND was extremely well represented at the Defender Blair Castle Horse Trials over the weekend with an Irish Sport Horse winning the CSI4*-L, an Irish rider placed fourth and a gaggle of plucky pony riders dominating the placings in the pony class.

The Norman Watt-bred A Class Cooley (ISH), an 11-year-old grey by Heritage Fortunus out of New Years Clover (Clover Echo), executed one of only two show jumping clear rounds in the class, sending Britain’s Wills Oakden to the top of the leaderboard in the CCI4*-L.