Wins from the west at RDS

THE prestigious breeders’ championship at the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show was won by west Cork exhibitors John and Cathal Dineen, Kilshinihan, Timoleague, with their seven-year-old chestnut, Kilshinihan Lass.

The exhibitor bred mare, by Big Sink Hope out of My Lovely Rose of Clare, qualified from the Clonakilty Agricultural Show.

There was extra focus on performance in the Horse Sport Ireland sponsored breeders’ championship, in which mare and foal combinations were presented in hand.The winner was shown with her three-month-old colt foal by Ghareeb.