HAVING featured in the racing pages of last Saturday’s issue, Emma Jackson returns to the Irish Horse World section today, having won the J Facial Aesthetics supreme horse championship at last Saturday’s inaugural CHAPS NI/Ireland Easter Spring Show at Portmore Equestrian.

Jackson claimed the title on board the seven-year-old stallion Bannvalley Whisper (Gortfree Hero - Bannvalley Mandolin, by Moylough Bouncer), who she has qualified for the older Irish Draught performance final at Balmoral Show next month. At Portmore, the grey first won his 1m working hunter horse class, then the evening’s Glen Allen Homes working hunter horse championship before moving on to the supreme.

The Peter King rode Divine Legends Benefit to stand reserve supreme, having earlier been crowned the Coppermine Stud cob champion, with Victoria Teuton filling the first reserve position on the six-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare Shannaghmore Silver Lining (Ceide Prince - Greek Easter, by Namid), the Wool Tower ladies’ champion having first won the morning’s astride class.

Myia Armstrong had an excellent show and left for home with the Ellie McDonnell perpetual cup, following her win in the Show Pony Prep Ireland overall supreme championship with the Shetland mare Ronelle Ebony, who was led by Anthea Steele.

Myia and the 10-year-old daughter of Eynhallow Lewis, began the morning by winning their Mountain and Moorland lead rein class and the evening by being crowned Greenacres Equestrian Centre mini supreme ridden champion. Standing reserve here was Ella Dickson on Trewargen Skyfall.

Dickson had earlier claimed the Connell Hill Sport Horses mini supreme working hunter pony championship on Trewargen Skyfall, standing ahead of Lauren O’Rourke on Prince Caspian.

O’Rourke had more than one string to her bow, however, and she won the Glassdrumman Stud supreme pony championship with her mother Sarah’s eight-year-old gelding Pineview Remeo (Barrera Duke Of Windsor - Dryfe Sceptre, by Tangle Wood Fantasy).

The busy Sadhbh O’Connor was beckoned into the reserve supreme spot with her Highview Equestrian show hunter pony champion, the seven-year-old ISH gelding Griffinstown (Imperial Tiger - Ducharraig, by Allys Bridge), ahead of Rachael Nee and Mighty Tee.

The Seamus Kane perpetual award was presented to Amira Curran following her victory in the Florida Developments coloured championship with the British-bred skewbald Tidkin Talisman (Harroway Mr Harlequin - Tidkin Real McCoy). Curran and the 14-year-old gelding also won the GM Farrier Services ridden pony championship.

O’Connor and Curran clashed in the Essentially Equestrian RIHS UK Mountain and Moorland championship. Here, the former claimed the honours on the Intermediate M&M class winner, her mother Aoife’s six-year-old dun Connemara gelding Teach Mór Sparrow (Blakehill Sparrow - Kelly’s Hero, by Commanding Hero), while Curran had to settle for reserve on the M&M large breeds winner, her father Daryl’s nine-year-old Connemara gelding Caherpuca Chappy (Coolin America - Loughfadda Darling, by Rebel Justice).

O’Connor was also the winner of the O’Rourke Plastering ridden Connemara championship with the novice class winner, the five-year-old bay gelding North Cottage Silver JJ (Abbeyside Silver - Cloonmore Cailin Oir, by Frederiksminde Hazy Match). Ella Rose Dickson rode into the reserve position here on the open class winner, the 14-year-old grey mare Monaincha Belle (Kinvara Boy - Leam Silver Rose, by I Love You Melody).

Other championships were won by Erin Gordon on Gigman Yankee Doodle (Special Ops Adventures M&M ridden), Michael McGaffin with KB Country Oliver (Jim Morrow Tyres hunter), Ben Rainey on Brymar Royal Voyage (Annaghmore Saddlery riding horse/hack), Karen Ferris with Whisper Hill (Treo Eile racehorse to riding horse), Shane Doyle with Coonacauneen Holy Star (Payroll NI ridden horse) and Megan Norton on Allo Allo Ranger (Zara Doyle amateur ridden).