MARLTON Stud’s Josephine Delahoyde recorded four wins at last weekend’s Premier Performance Dressage Ireland national winter finals at Castle Irvine, Necarne where she also oversaw saw some excellent performances by her pupils over the two days.

Although she faced no opponents in the Leinster Region Category 3 Preliminary championship, Delahoyde was delighted with Lynn Cadogan’s Westphalian gelding Mercury For Gold who scored 70.58% on Saturday and 72.815 on Sunday, completing on a total of 71.69% (179.12 marks). The five-year-old chesnut son of For Gold is out of the Sorento mare Solea KS.