THE decision to hold on to your potential superstar when all around you are lucrative offers to sell is one of the most difficult things for Irish owners these days. But it is one that is paying off in spades for Danville House Farm’s Jessica Stallard and her mare DHF Alliance.

By deciding to lease the mare to the Army Equitation School, she has given her the best opportunity to compete at an international level for Ireland, while holding on to the possibility of breeding from her in the future.