BRITAIN’s Kirsty Chabert has become a regular visitor to Ireland over the past two years and the Team Opposition rider brought four home-breds to compete at last weekend’ Semalease Kilguilkey House International where she won the CEA Architects CCI3*-S with Opposition Loire.

Twenty-eight combinations appeared before the ground jury of Ireland’s James Rooney and Faith Ponsonby who had Chabert leading after the dressage phase on 23.9 penalties with the 12-year-old British Sport Horse mare who was having her first start in this country. Opposition Loire didn’t remain on that score to the end as she picked up a small number of time penalties on both jumping phases for a total of 26.7 but, importantly, she show jumped clear unlike the three others who had sub-30 dressage scores.