DONAGHADEE’s Megan Hamill had just the one competitive ride at the 2025 Dublin Horse Show but her win in the sportsman’s championship in Ring 2 late last Saturday evening on her own Redwood Quality Street meant she got to participate in the parade in the Main Arena on Sunday afternoon.

The combination had what the rider termed a trial run last year when they finished third in the same middle/heavyweight class behind Mary Rothwell on the section champion Greenhall Stroll In The Park and Lyndsey O’Brien riding Creevaghstables Mr Bloomfield. O’Brien and her nine-year-old Irish Draught gelding lined out again last Saturday but this time they had to settle for third behind Hamill and Redwood Quality Street and Amanda Benson riding another grey ID gelding, Ballingeary Buster, a 12-year-old son of Luke Skywalker.