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04 August 2017

Irish Field Contributor on 04 Aug 2017

DUBLIN HORSE SHOW: Reeling in the years

A look back at the fun and defining moments of the Dublin Horse Show

Irish Field Contributor

4 August 2017

11 years later: Rhys Williams and Parc Lolita flying in the 128cms class in 2015 (Photo: ES Photography)

2004: Billy Twomey and Luidam help Ireland win the Aga Khan trophy (Photo: Camilla Walter/EPS)

2014: Jessica Springsteen was part of the USA team that won the Aga Khan with Vindicat W (Photo: Ramsey Cardy/ SPORTSFILE)

2008: The winning eventing mare Fenyas Elegance won the Hunter Mare Championship

2009: Bertram Allen won the 138cm championship on Lough Gill, pictured with The Irish Field's Brendan McArdle (lead on to next pic in a smaller insert)

5 YEARS LATER: Harry Allen and Lough Gill winning 138cm championship in 2014 (Photo: Anne Hughes)

2011: David O'Brien and COdarco won the four-year-old Championship, picture with Dermot Forde, Alison Corbally and Marion Hughes. The stallion is now jumping at five-star level with America's Chloe Reid (Photo: jumpinaction.net)

2012: Clem McMahon celebrates with the Aga Khan trophy on Pacino following victory in the FEI Nations Cup. the wonderful stallion sadly passed away in February 2016 (Photo: Matt Browne/ SPORTSFILE)

2013: Cian O'Connor and Nikki Walker, owner of Blue Loyd, celebrate after they won the Longines Grand Prix (Photo: Tony Parkes)

2014: Jane Bradbury shows her delight when Daphne Tierney's Bloomfield Excelsior was declared Supreme Hunter Champion (Photo: Tony Parkes)

2014: Cruising (then 29) meeting his 17-year-old daughter Mo Chroi for the first time when the mare was officially retired from duty in the Main Arena, seven years after she won the Grand Prix

2015: Cian O'Connor, Greg Broderick, Darragh Kenny and Bertram Allen gallop around the Main Arena with the Aga Khan trophy after winning the Nations Cup (Photo: E S Photography)

2015: John Varley hugs his daughter Niamh after their horse Elusive Emir wins the Croker Cup (Photo: Susan Finnerty)

2016: Lt David Power falls from Rolestown after clearing the Puissance wall. Thankfully, both horse and rider dusted themselves off and went on to partake in the next round (Photo: Anne Hughes)

2016: Heatbreak as Denis Lynch's All Star 5 runs out of the final fence during a jump-off against Italy, the eventual winners of the Nations Cup (Photo: Cody Glenn/Sportsfile)

New addition

CONGRATULATIONS to show jumper Adrian Williams and his wife Paula on the birth of their baby boy. Rhys weighed in at 6lbs 14ozs at Limerick Maternity Hospital on Tuesday morning, the day that Adrian was scheduled to travel to Millstreet Show. One of Adrian’s charges has qualified for tonight’s Discovery final and Philip Horgan will take over the reins to allow Adrian to attend to more important duties.