Clare Show continues to set high standards
He says an elaborate qualifying test was introduced in Clare in 1779 to ensure only the most genuine horses went forward to the races. Mounts had to jump an eight-foot drain, a four-foot wall, a five foot ditch, five feet broad with two dykes of five feet each. Anyone with three refusals was disqualified.
During the 100 years of the Co Clare Show, Eddie Macken, Tommy Wade, Paul Darragh, Harvey Smith, Billy Ringrose, James Kernan and Con Power all have thrilled the crowds, and the Irish Army Jumping team have an association with the show since 1930, when the Free State Military Team came to Ennis fresh from international victories at Nice, Olympia, and Biarritz.
