Knock Morris is named working hunter champ

William Dillon, from Cahir, Co Tipperary, headed the roll of honour among Munster exhibitors at the Dublin Horse Show with his working hunter champion, Knock Morris. 

The star of the show rings was Bloomfield Excelsior, a winner all the way to the supreme hunter championship for Co Wicklow rider, Jane Bradbury, and owner, Daphne Tierney. The best light-weight hunter title went to Rehy I’m A Star, partnered by Co Waterford rider, Rosemary Connors, and owned by Patrick Cotter. Best show hunter pony, Colorado, was shown by Justine Fay, Glandore, Co Cork. The big Pembroke Challenge Cup owner-breeder prize went to Seamus Lehane, Clonakilty, Co Cork. HVL Symphony was an RDS winner in the three-year-old loose performance for Stephen McCarthy, Dunmanway, Co Cork, and Tom Murray, Duntally Stud, Clondrohid, Co Cork, too, won a cup at Ballsbridge in the Ridden Connemara Championship.

Winners (full results: dublinhorseshow.com website):

Working Hunter Champion:

Knock Morris (William Dillon). Reserve: Shameless (Miss Sarah Moore).

Best Show Hunter Pony:

Colorado (Justine Fay). Reserve: Wyndham Limelight (Theresa Marnane).

Sportsman (Amateur Hunter) Champion:

The Publisher (Val Hyde). Reserve: Mr Shakespeare (Tim & Lyndsey O’Brien).

Champion Working Hunter Pony:

Mullybrannon Diamond (Máire Springate). Reserve: Hill Storm (Anne Gilroy).

Racehorse to Riding Horse:

Forpadydeplasterer (Goat Racing Syndicate). Reserve: Amstecos (Philippa Baird).

Best Hunter Brood Mare:

Hankalaine (John & Julia Crosbie). Reserve: Inistioge Best Betty (Nick Murphy).

Best Light-Weight Hunter:

Rehy I’m A Star (Patrick Cotter). Reserve: The Prof (John Henry).

Champion Cob:

Sock-Et-Set (Audrey Smyth). Reserve: Randalstown Designer Stubble (Samuel McAteer).

Best Coloured Horse:

Arthur Guinness (Mairead Ryan). Reserve: Killeshin Bertie (Rosemary Hollywood).

Pembroke Challenge Cup (best animal in classes 2, 6, 7 and 11 (four-year-olds), 52 to 61 and Class 63, bred and continuously owned by the exhibitor:

Ballard Big Bang (Seamus Lehane). Reserve: Grove Hill Boy (Cyril Conway).

Champion Irish Draught Stallion:

Gortfree Hero (Sean Barker). Reserve: Cappa Cassanova (Cappa Stud).

Breeders’ Championship:

Assagart My Only Hope (John and Mary Margaret Roche). Reserve: Glenaguile (PJ Lavery).

Overall Champion Young Horse:

Northern Image (John Donaghy). Reserve: Notalot (Rebecca Monahan).

Champion yearling, two or three-year- old filly:

Notalot (Rebecca Monahan). Reserve: Caltra Star (Patrick John Wall).

Champion Yearling:

Caltra Star (Patrick John Wall). Reserve Tattygare Something Special (Hurst Show Team).

Champion Loose Performance Filly:

HVL Symphony (Stephen McCarthy) Reserve: Ruan’s Quality (Ralph Morgan).

Best Irish Draught Foal:

Unnamed (Anne Rabbitte). Reserve: Unnamed (Seamus Sloyan).

Champion Loose Performance Colt/Gelding:

Metro Cruise (Vincent McArdle). Reserve: Hold Up (Jackie Lee).

Ridden Connemara Championship:

Plume De Kezeg (Tom Murray). Reserve: Carracanada River (Kirstin MacDonagh).

Champion Irish Draught Mare:

Elm View (Seamus Sloyan). Reserve: Bannvalley Aprilsway (Patrick Hoare).

Five-Year-Old Young Event Horse:

OBOS Impressive (Sharon Power). Reserve: Kilcannon Quality Cruise (Mary Bolger).

Champion Two-Year-Old:

Northern Image (John Donaghy). Reserve: Notalot (Rebecca Monahan).

Four-Year-old Young Event Horse:

Westwinds Mackenzie (Alice Kehoe). Reserve: Kilcannon Merlin (Mary Bolger).

Small Event Horse:

Kilrodan Sailorette (John Craig). Reserve: Lu Ca (Pat Flanagan).

Potential Event Horse:

Annsfort Quality (Patricia Lalor). Reserve: Rock Ambassador (Douglas Horses).

Best Small Hunter:

Heartbeat (Messrs I & J Ryan). Reserve: Castlemyles Killkea Castle (Avril Riordan).

Connemara Performance Hunter Championship:

Ardagh Bobby (Bernie Whyte). Reserve: Rocky Cashel (Phyllis Jones).

Connemara Performance Hunter Championship:

Josie Jump (JJ Bowe). Reserve: Monivea Boy (Lucy Kelly).

Best Riding Horse:

Brookfields Showdown (Lesley-Ann Duke). Reserve: Mighty Clever (Deirdre Kane).

Champion Performance Irish Draught:

Knock Morris (William Dillon). Reserve: Dowdstown Dancer (Jackie Marsh)