STEPPING into the breach to replace the cancelled fixture at Hillcrest, Kilguilkey House hosts Danny and Michelle Dulohery staged another successful event last weekend. Despite the short notice, and the fact that the couple had arrived home from holiday less than 24 hours before kick-off, the venue was prepared as normal. The tracks (including the dressage and show jumping arenas) had been freshly watered and aggravated, while the course itself featured a new opening route. “That is why we come down,” stated winning rider Katie O’Sullivan. “Danny does an amazing job with the ground - he knows what he’s doing. Even when we had a deluge of rain at about 3.30 and the ground became a little mucky on top, it was never an issue.”

The inaugural event at Hillcrest, Co Limerick will now be unveiled on September 1st.