TOURISM NI is once again sponsoring the broodmare and foal classes at next week’s Balmoral Show where, at this early stage of the season, John and Vicki Keen will have a maximum of 21 mares to judge on Wednesday morning.

Wexford exhibitor John Roche, who claimed the reserve hunter broodmare championship here last year with Assagart Sapphire, again has an entry in both weight divisions, the Kings Master six-year-old Assagart Dawn (lightweight) and the 17-year-old Flagmount King bay, Assagart Wonder.