MARK Ruddock (British Dressage List 1) was the sole judge at last Saturday’s Midland and Western Region Show at the Connemara Pony Sales Arena in Clifden where, on Sunday, he and Sean Burgess were the coaches for a very successful training/test riding day.

Ruddock wasn’t overtaxed on Saturday when he awarded what was easily his highest score of the day, 77.35%, in the Trailblazer Intro B to Rachel Nee riding the seven-year-old 123cms chesnut gelding Mighty Tim. Her closest rival was Aoife Joyce who scored 71.18 on the Connemara mare Cluain Aidhle Lady, a five-year-old grey by Caoranbeg Champ.