SOME 62 six-year-olds started over the Tom Holden-designed 1.30m track at Barnadown to try to earn one of the last dozen places on offer in their age division.

Just seven combinations managed to produce a double clear round which granted them a place to compete in the Dublin show.

They included the Army Equitation School’s Glendarragh (Future Trend - Aldatus Z) with Lt Adam Benson Byrne in the saddle.

Ennisnag Stud’s HK Carrera (Carrera VDL - Zambesi) and Oisin Aylward, Wesley Ryan aboard his own El Pablito (Cobra - Guidam).

Jennifer Kuehnle rode her father Hans Jurgen’s Tullibards Benny’s Special (Tullibards Benny’s Legacy - Cavalier Royale) to a double fault-free round. Paddy O’Donnell ensured his place with Rebecca Veale Hennessy’s Cluttahina Lighting (OBOS Quality 004 - Clover Hill).

Gemma Phelan partnered Dan Galavan’s Lisdara Clooney, a gelding sired by the Cruising clone Cruising Arish and out of Lisdara Twitter, by Touchdown, to earn their spot.

Ballinaguilkey Fusion Exchange (Tullabeg Fusion - OBOS Quality 004) was guided to the seventh and final double clear round by owner/rider Tracy Walshe.

Alistair McIvor’s Mr Basil (Plot Blue - Hermes De Reve) ridden by Jonathan Smyth, and Rose Dempsey’s Miss Stella (Stetter - Red Navaho) with Robyn Moran, also secured a spot despite having one fence down.

The final three places also went to four-faulters: Kilmountain Saphira (KMS Chicago - Womanizer) with Tony O’Donohue, the Marion Hughes-owned and bred HHS Cyprus (Cornet Obolensky - Acorado), ridden by Alexandre Jose Pereira Traviaa dos Ramos Faustino, and Michael Roche’s Mr Rocky Blue (Chacoon Blue - Artos Z).