IT was promising to find that one had to trawl a long way down the leaderboard to find a horse older than seven in last Saturday’s EI100 at Hazeldene Farm and all but three in the top eight completed on their Penny Sangster-awarded dressage score.

With four rides in the 20-runner class, Steven Smith looked an odds-on chance to win but he had to settle for second (Lachain Lance 26.3), third (Sinetta 27.8), fourth (Newferry Number One 27.8) and sixth (Annaghmore Cornoko 29.3, the dressage leader who had two poles down show jumping).