IT’s that time of year again. You can feel it in the air. Many of us plan our whole season around competing in the Dublin Horse Show and many of the thousands of spectators and equestrian enthusiasts plan for this week as an annual pilgrimage!

What makes the Dublin Horse show so special? History, tradition, nostalgia and perhaps all of the above culminating in that uniqueness that makes the Dublin Show so different to the monotonous sand rings surrounded by tents that have become routine at so many foreign shows today.