ONE of the loudest cheers at Saturday night’s prize-giving ceremony at Dressage Ireland’s three-day national championships in Cavan Equestrian Centre was for 10-year-old Oscar O’Connor who claimed the Novice Category 1 title with Top Hero 2.

From Cleariestown in Co Wexford, and a member of the South East Region’s Junior team, O’Connor and the German-bred riding pony, an eight-year-old gelding by Top Champy who competed last year for The Netherlands, won both of their classes at Cavan.