THE versatility of the breed is very evident in Rachel Brew’s Caraun Ferdy, who won Section B of the eight to 15-year-old RDS Connemara performance hunter qualifier at Rincoola last Saturday.

The nine-year-old Martan Phaidin Mhoir gelding, who was bred in Co Sligo by Niamh Howley out of the Glenayre Silver Fox mare Carraun Sacha, had just failed to qualify at both Tullylish and Scarteen. However, he made it third time lucky here under the owner’s 18-year-old daughter, Eliza-Jane Queally, when scoring 251 points. The combination recorded one of only two clear rounds in their section, the other being posted by the 13-year-old Ashfield Romeo stallion Brock Blizzard (248.5) who, ridden by Cait Hennessy for Valerie O’Gorman, qualified in second.