Action dropped over pony that refused to jump

A couple have withdrawn their legal action claiming a pony they bought for their daughter for €67,000 to compete in show jumping refused to jump.

Martin and Helen Carway, from Bleach Rd, Kilkenny, claimed the pony was “a stopper” at jumps and not safe.

They sued father and son Walter and Jonathan Reape and Northerly Ltd of the Ard Chuain Equestrian Centre in Corballa, Co Sligo, claiming the defendants had agreed to take back the pony if it did not work out as a show jumper.