Chloe Conneely and her pony Clifford having a blast at the County Galway Hunt pre-season beach ride \ Lyndsey Robinson Photography

Grainne Davoren making side-saddle look easy during the Tara Harriers' Ladies' Meet from Kilmessan \ Siobhan English Photography

Kayleigh Dolan riding Ballyskeagh Lady at the unaffiliated ODE at Flowerhill Equestrian Centre \ Lyndsey Robinson

“Smile!” Amory McMahon in the Athlone Show side-saddle class \ Susan Finnerty

Lackaghbeg Augustus Star and Leonie O’Gorman after their win in the ladies side-saddle at the Dublin Horse Show \ Susan Finnerty

Phonsie Wardell in action with the Kildare Foxhounds from Cut Bush \ Siobhan English

Lucky locket: Emily Woods with side-saddle champion Coco Carel \ Susan Finnerty

Clodagh Spain dismounts after a great day with the North Tipperary Foxhounds with Lough Derg in the background \ Catherine Power

Maria Gorham with Moate Echo after winning the two-year-old colt class at the 100th Annual Connemara Pony Show Clifden \ Rynes Walker

Michael Larkin shows how its done over a big hedge hunting with the Ormond Foxhounds \ Catherine Power

Robyn O’Reilly and Kitty Aspel taking on the wall at the opening meet of the Tipperary Foxhounds on their two lovely greys \ Catherine Power

Next Generation: Bobby Nee and Colí O’Halloran ride the 2024 Supreme Champion Connemara pony Cabra Jane watched by their fathers Robert Nee and Bryan O’Halloran at the launch of the 2025 Clifden Show \ Rynes Walker

Glencarrig Douvan made history being the first pony to ever complete the in-hand and ridden double in the same year at the 100th Connemara Pony Show Clifden with Grace Maxwell Murphy \ Rynes Walker Photography

Princess Anne attended the opening day of the 150th Dublin Horse Show at the RDS and was given a tour of the exhibition celebrating 150 years of the horse Show \ Claire Nash

Rachel Proudley of Britain celebrates after jumping clear to win the Defender Puissance on Easy Boy de Laubry Z during the Dublin Horse Show \ Shauna Clinton/Sportsfile

Emily Kate Robinson celebrates winning the Racehorse to Riding Horse class at the Dublin Horse Show with A Plus Tard \ INPHO/Tom Maher

Niamh McEvoy and Flora du Mesnil after winning the five-star Dublin Stakes at the 2025 Dublin Horse Show \ Aisling Creative