LAST Sunday the Wicklow Hunt hosted its annual hunter trials and hunt chase event at Belmont Demesne, part of the Kilruddery Estate, by kind invitation of previous hunt members David Brabazon and family.

There was a large turnout for the hunter trials over a magnificent course built by Ray Doyle, well know for building courses with Dereck Hamilton at the Dublin Horse Show. Hamilton was also to hand giving some very useful advices and mapped out the course for the benefit of the hunt. Doyle’s very inviting hunter trial course proved challenging in places on the open course and was enjoyed by all participants.