Kennedy sees victory slip away as Sheffield takes top two spots

YOUNG Event rider Dairine Kennedy saw victory slip from her grasp in the dying seconds of the feature two star class at the Isuzu International Horse Trials in Dartfield yesterday.

Twenty-year-old Kennedy went into yesterday's showjumping phase with a slim lead over Sheffield, having produced one of just three cross-country clears inside the time on Saturday to steal the lead from British rider John Paul Sheffield.

In pole position yesterday and last to go she was further cheered as the Warrickshire rider extended her lead by knocking a fence each with Too Bahru and Brown Bear.