A SPECTACULAR sight that most people attending the Dublin Horse Show miss is the pageantry surrounding the arrival of The Lord Mayor of Dublin on the opening day of the Show in the ornate 235-year-old coach, gilded in gold and drawn by four black coach horses dressed in pristine harness complimented by hand crafted brass fittings.

The coach has often been described as an ‘art gallery on wheels’. It was built in 1789 and arrives at mid-day just outside the RDS Main Hall on the first day of the Horse Show. Each year The Lord Mayor of Dublin is greeted by the President of the Royal Dublin Society and invited to officially open the Dublin Horse Show.