PAULA Geiger for the second year running judged the veteran rider and veteran horse classes in The Irish Field dressage section of the AIRC Festival at Stradbally Hall last Sunday and, in the former, the same two riders were to the fore.

On this occasion, however, Friary’s Jackie Dow came out on top with her readily-identifiable Arab Juno Tintreach (76.04), a 15-year-old by Prince Of Lightning, while Susan Patterson, a member of Barrow Valley, had to settle for second on her year older Irish Sport Horse gelding Fear Liath (75.42).