The first out in the jump off was Cian O'Connor and his newest addition, Bronson - they finished the round with fence 9 (the fourth fence on the course) on the ground for four faults in 36.72secs.

Second out was Glen Leddy with the big jumping Merljin and they started off with the first fence tumbling which isn't the ideal start but they finished with just that one fence down jumping a super round - this combination are getting stronger every time they enter the arena as they get used to each other - their final score was four faults in 41.30secs.

Conor Swail qualified two of his three rides to the jump off and Poncho was his first ride in this jump off - it is always easy to spot whether Conor is after a win or just a nice placing in a class and today he left nobody in any doubt that he was looking for the win with Poncho - they set off at a cracking pace and took turns and angled fences, with strides being cut out everywhere possible and everything went according to plan as they came through the finish flags with everything where the Course Designer had put it and the time was 38.27secs which provisionally put them in the lead.

Next to go was again Conor, this time riding Knightfield Equestrian's grey gelding Conduct - Conor was given the time required to warm up his second horse as he had not long left the ring with Poncho and the huge crowd were happy to wait as everyone could get a good view of the practice arena and they were happy to watch this master at work.

Again people wondered what Conor was going to do - would he try and beat his own time or just canter around the horse who has been on international duty and heads off again in a couple of weeks? From their entry into the arena it appeared that Conor might well be looking for a winning time with this horse but he didn't take quite the tight turns that he did on Poncho - but again he came through the finish flags with everything in place and another excellent time of 38.98secs putting him provisionally into first and second place.

John Floody, well known for speed over a jump off track was next to go but even though he clocked up a very fast time he wasn't able to dislodge Conor from his 1st and 2nd placing when two fences fell at the end of the jump off (fences 10 and 11A) for 8 faults in 39.46secs.

So there was only one left who could take the win from Conor and it was the in form Sarah Kate Quinlivan and Newmarket Girl but today was not to be the day they snatched victory from Conor when the first two fences fell to give them 8 faults in 40.62secs leaving Conor with the spoils of war for both 1st and 2nd place in the Ballivor Super League Grand Prix class.

Sarah Kate Quinlivan - pictured left - has great support from her sisters, Natalie (pictured on the left) and Danielle (pictured on the right) - and they were there as Sara Kate watched the others in the jump off go.

Poncho shows in the picture below that even with his front feet crossed over he can jump like a superstar!