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Irish Field Contributor on 04 Aug 2017

PICTURE DESK: Celebrating our Pony European riders

Helen Revington's pictures of the Irish pony show jumping and eventing riders tell the story of their wonderful success at the FEI Pony European Championships, Hungary

Irish Field Contributor on 04 Aug 2017

Glory-bound: Wexford's Harry Allen (16) on part of the Irish Gold medal winning team pictured on his way to winning the Individual Gold medal at the FEI Pony European Championships with Cassandra van het Roelhof (Photo:: Helen Revington/Focus On Horses)

Go Kate: Team Gold medal and individual Silver medal winner, Athlone's Kate Derwin and Cul Ban Mistress (ISH) in action at the FEI European Show Jumping Championships for Ponies in Hungary (Photo: Helen Revington/Focus on Horses)

Team Gold medal winner, Cork's Abbie Sweetnam with Dynamite Spartacus (ISH) at the FEI Euopean Show Jumping Championships for Ponies in Hungary (Photo: Helen Revington/Focus on Horses)

Team Gold medal winner, Mayo's Ciaran Nallon with Rextor d'Or at the FEI European Show Jumping Championships for Ponies in Hungary (Photo: Helen Revington/Focus on Horses)

Seamus Hughes Kennedy with Cuffesgrange Cavalidam (ISH) at the FEI European Show Jumping Championships for Ponies in Hungary who enjoyed a top 10 finish, coming 7th overall (Photo: Helen Revington/Focus on Horses)

Team Bronze winner, Zara Nelson and Millridge Buachaill Bui at the FEI European Championships in Hungary (Photo:: Helen Revington/Focus on Horses)

Team Bronze winner Hannah Adams in action at the FEI Pony European Championships, Kaposvar, Hungary (Photo: Helen Revington/Focus on Horses)

Team Bronze medal winner Isabelle Comerford in action at the FEI Pony European Championships (Photo: Helen Revington/Focus on Horses)

Little Indian Feather on her victory Lap with her Silver Team and Silver Individual medal with Saffron Osborne, daughter of trainer Jamie on board. The pony was once rescued by Brian and Sonya Hennessy of Co Waterford from the pound in a true rags to riches story (Photo: Helen Revington/Focus on Horses)

All eyes are now on the Aga Khan Nations Cup next Friday, August 11th at the Dublin Horse Show. Members of the Dream Team, the three-in-a-row winners (1977-1979) held the beautiful trophy yesterday including Eddie Macken, Con Power, James Kernan while the late Paul Darragh was represented by his brother Dave and sister Jane (Photo: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile)

WHAT a week for Irish equestrian sport!

Our hats are off to our wonderful young show jumping and event riders - and their parents! - who brought honour and glory to Ireland at the FEI Pony European Championships.

Photographer Helen Revington captured the action from the cross-country to the show jumping arenas where the brilliant young Irish riders brought home Team Gold (show jumping); Team Bronze (eventing) and show jumpers Harry Allen (16) was Individual Gold while Kate Derwin took Individual Silver.

Harry Allen
Isabelle Comerford
Kate Derwin
Pony European Championships
Zara Nelson