Sam Watson slotted into third after dressage yesterday in the long-format three-star class at the Johnson and Perrott Land Rover International Horse Trials at Ballindenisk, Co Cork, but was in no mood to get ahead of himself.

Francis Connors retained his Connolly’s Red Mills Munster Grand Prix League title at Banteer Show, Co Cork, yesterday.

When Monaco’s reigning monarch Prince Albert married South African Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock in 2011, she was invariably referred to in the media as a commoner.