IT was a bit of a shock to the system for most when the Belline team didn’t win Saturday evening’s four-year-old development pathway final at Lisgarvan House as they had more or less dominated the young event horse scene all year.

However, the result came as no surprise to Andrew Williams and John Tilley of Kilkenny International Sporthorses whose CFH Cornet Vivendi amassed 83 points under Tilley to top the marks of British judges Les Smyth (dressage) and Kirsty Chabert (performance). To qualify for this final, horses had to take part in one of two training days with Dag Albert and Gerald Bloomer.