Lennon and Hallmark Elite back in the groove

SHOW jumper Dermott Lennon yesterday demonstrated in style that he and Hallmark Elite were suffering no ill-effects from their travails at last week’s Hickstead.

The Co Down rider was competing in the British Nations Cup, when he fell from the gelding at the water.

Yesterday, the pair cruised through the opening Fáilte Stakes on day one of the Failte Ireland Dublin Horse Show, producing a clear at a cost of a single time fault. It kept him out of the money, but gracing the top of the leaderboard was never part of the plan; rather it was more a case of reacquainting Woods Rosbotham’s 10-year-old gelding with the day-to-day aspects of his job.