THE Widger family have had a long association with the Dublin Horse Show and Emily Widger hopes that next week her daughter Hannah Mackey will be compensated for her disappointment of last year in the first ridden class.

A break into canter in her show saw the nine-year-old and the three-time winner Brynoffa Jonquil drop down the line to seventh as Amelia O’Halloran took the honours on her mother Emer’s liver chesnut gelding Fielden Chrys-Lite.