Aoife Clark continues to tap into a rich vein of form, giving Ireland its best ever result at the World Breeding Championships for Young Eventing Horses in Le Lion d’Angers, France, when second on Fernhill Adventure in the class for seven-year-olds.

“Simply awesome,” was how Kildare-born Aoife Clark de scribed Fenyas Elegance last night, after the pair finished runners-up at Chatsworth Horse Trials in England in the mare’s first outing at three-star level.

A PLEASANT young man called Leonard arrived at the cottage door last week, bearing a large box from Knocknamuck in Co Cork.

IRELAND'S team just missed out on a medal in the European Pony Championships in Belgium yesterday, finishing fourth.