THE second of five qualifiers for the Star of the Future championships at Balmoral Show (May 14th to 17th) was held last Sunday at Hazeldene Farm, Ballynahinch, where Laura and Andrew Napier ran the two classes in tandem with their own arena eventing competition.

There was plenty of interest in the qualifier with 23 entries in the five-year-old division and 20 in the class for six and seven-year-olds. That latter group included the Alyssa O’Neill-ridden Irish Sport Horse mare Dermish Coney, who claimed the five-year-old title in the Main Arena at Balmoral last May.