Fell family keen to stage eventing qualifier in 2008

THE Fell family are aiming to stage the Ballindenisk Eventing World Cup qualifier again next year, despite the sport’s national governing body yesterday backing an application by Tattersall’s, Co Meath.

Peter Fell said: “We are aiming to run a qualifier on April 19/20 and we see no reason why our application will not be accepted. We have informed Eventing Ireland of our intentions.”

Ballindenisk in Co Cork was the subject of controversy this year when the April event was decimated by the withdrawal of the majority of riders after the unseasonally dry weather lead to hard going. While the Fells worked around the clock with an aerovator to break up the ground, many riders felt the course should have been watered.