Knight reigns as pony show gets off to a flyer

IT IS an absorbing story of a celebrated pony breed with origins going back 2,500 years to the days of the Celtic warriors, and intriguing links old and new to a prince of the past and a Knight of the present.

Prince Ranjitsinhi, a renowned cricket player, who lived at Ballynahinch Castle, officially opened the first Connemara Pony Show in 1924.

But yesterday it was a Knight who was the focus of attention as the 84th annual show took place in gloriously sunny Clifden, Co Galway.