THE fourth Kildare Performance Hunter Show takes place at Punchestown racecourse, Co Kildare, on Saturday, March 23rd next. Organised by the Kildare Hunt Club, the show’s purpose is to find Ireland’s finest hunting horse and to this end, 100 horses and riders have signed up from 30 hunts across Ireland and the Britain. It has proved so popular, that one class sold-out within an hour.

WORKING HUNTER SHOW