CODEBREAKER was another of those stallions that stood in Co Longford and, when all you can see is field after field of Cllr. Gerry Hagan’s Ennybegs farm filled with cars and families still arriving in at 4pm, you knew that Longford County Show has cracked the footfall code.

Much of an agricultural show’s appeal nowadays is in a community day with plenty of family and musical entertainment - Patrick Feeney headlined the line-up for Sunday’s jive-dancing showgoers at Longford - and quality tradestands.