THE Duhallow Branch’s Ciara Aherne, one of four members of the Irish Pony Club who took part in the recent International Hunting Exchange, has kindly written the following report on their 10-day odyssey for The Irish Field.

The hunting mad 17-year-old, a Fifth Year student at St Mary’s in Mallow, rode her own horse, Lisleigh Joe, throughout the Exchange. Ciara shares the mount on the home-bred 12-year-old with her sister Sarah, who events the chesnut gelding.