THERE wasn’t a dry eye around the Andrews Bowen International Arena at last Sunday’s Horse of the Year Show when the wonderful Irish Sport Horse View Point was retired from the show ring after winning his second consecutive Supreme horse of the year title at the prestigious show (See cover photo page 85).

Jill Day’s prolific winning lightweight hunter has won nearly every title going, including being Royal Windsor champion four times and winning the supreme title at the Royal International Horse Show in August. Bred in Co Clare by Sean Jones, the Loughehoe Guy-sired 11-year-old is out of Quality Dam (OBOS Quality) who is still breeding for Jones. He was bought by Jill Day as a foal and spent his entire career with Walker.