WEDNESDAY’s third leg of the Stepping Stones to Success League, the first at which points could be earned this season at Wexford Equestrian, attracted a large entry, particularly for the Childeric four and five-year-old classes.

Fortuitous then that Pat Peare and Orla Roche’s Tomhaggard venue very much escaped the worst of the weather that descended on the eastern seaboard with Roche being surprised to receive ‘phone calls wondering if the competition was going ahead.