PHOTOGRAPHS of young riders graced the front of last week’s 150th Dublin Horse Show catalogue and one passionate group who were in action early on Sunday morning were those who qualified at four show jumping fixtures for the two junior equitation classes which are part of the performance showing programme.

The classes on Sunday were once again sponsored by the Karlswood High Performance Centre, adding extra prestige to the event, and the four qualifiers - two in May and two in June - which attracted large entries, were all judged by Joanne Quirke. As at the final in Simmonscourt, the results at the qualifiers were based on the performance of the riders not by jumping faults or time.