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29 June 2018

Irish Field Contributor on 29 Jun 2018

PICTURE DESK: Out & About

All the colour of the show rings from Charleville and Athlone and the social launch of the Stena Line Dublin Horse Show 2018

Irish Field Contributor

29 June 2018

A delighted Sean O'Conaire with Cashel Bobby, his Connemara and overall supreme champion pony at Charleville and judge Henrietta Knight (Photo: Susan Finnerty)

Liam O'Meara and Mr Coolcaum, winners of the Dicks SuperValu Grand Prix at Charleville with course building Tony Hurley, Ian Doyle of Charleville Show and judge Noelle Reidy (Photo: William Casey)

Imogen Lawless-Greene and Mountain Ash of Glendhu win the Taffy Cup at Charleville, the one cup that has eluded the Tipperary family. Also pictured are judge Laura Hamilton and Margaret Lawless-Greene (Photo: Susan Finnerty)

Gigginstown House Stud's Don Cossack, ridden by Louise Lyons, at Charleville (Photo: Susan Finnerty)

Michael Harty with Cashelbay Amy at Athlone (Photo: Rynes Walker)

Padraic Heanue with Canal Lorraine winner of the four-year-old and over Connemara Class and overall Champion Connemara Pony in-hand, with David Sheehan(President of the ISA), Jim Harrison (ISA), Padraic Heanue, and judge Jane Somerville at Athlone (Photo: Rynes Walker)

Colin Doyle and Sea View Pepper after their win in the Connemara Yearling Class at Athlone (Photo: Rynes Walker)

Darragh Glynn's winning foal in the non thoroughbred filly foal class at Athlone (Photo: Rynes Walker)

Paul Horner wins Champion Broodmare, and is presented the John Hynes Memorial Cup at Athlone (Photo: Rynes Walker)

Paul Cleary and It's Fifty Seven, winners in the two-year-old filly class at Athlone (Photo: Rynes Walker)

Ronan Halligan, winner of the Connemara Colt/Filly Foal Class at Athlone (Photo: Rynes Walker)

At the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Ireland at the Stena Line Dublin Horse Show were The Irish Field's Niamh McCarthy and Judith Faherty at Bewley’s Grafton Street (Photo: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland .

Aimee McClenahan and Heinrich Anhold at at the social launch of this year’s Dublin Horse Show (Photo: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

Paul Devitt and Katie Hanley (Photo: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

RDS Chief Executive Michael Duffy and Bairbre Power, Fashion Editor of The Irish Independent at the social launch of this year’s Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Ireland at the Stena Line Dublin Horse Show (Photo: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland .

Marita Connors and Aiste Petraityte, both of the RDS, at the social launch of this year’s Dublin Horse Show (Photo: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

Pictured at the announcement of Stena Line’s title sponsorship of the Stena Line 2018 Dublin Horse Show are Caitlin Hyland, Customer Service Representative, Stena Line; Second Lieutenant James Whyte with Rolestown of the Irish Army Equitation School, McKee Barracks and Capt. Adrian Delaney, Senior Master, Stena Superfast X (Photo: Stena Line)

ALL the colour, pride and fun from the show rings of Charleville and Athlone shows is brought to you by photojournalist Susan Finnerty and Galway photographer Rynes Walker, while there was plenty of glitz and glam at the social launch of the Dublin Horse Show in Bewley’s of Grafton Street where Stena Line was announced as the title sponsor for 2018 and 2019.