IT was a night of glitz and glamour as the show jumping fraternity gathered last Saturday night to celebrate the achievements of Irish riders at home and abroad at the annual Irish National Showjumping Awards Gala at Killashee House Hotel, Naas.

In honour of a gold medal-winning year, the theme for the night was gold and it was fitting that the winning teams – the pony and senior European gold medallists – received some of the loudest applause.