KILLOSSERY Lodge Stud may no longer feature on the Eventing Ireland calendar, but its facilities were used in the past year by the Irish Pony Club for its Minimus championships and its Area 7 one-day event qualifier and by the Association of Irish Riding Clubs for its Equipeople-sponsored national eventing championships in mid-September.

Although the numbers are still some way off the AIRC championships’ heyday, 10 teams started at Killossery where the honours, on a penalty score of 107.8, went to the Carne trio of Ethan Cahill (Queen Ruby Royale), Joy French (Lilys Rose) and Maire Ni Dhiomsaigh (Ballycullane Sandy), none of whom compete with EI. Coole Lane filled the reserve slot on 113.8, ahead of Thomastown and District on 114.9.