SLOTTING summer weddings into the show season can be tricky but Annie Prendergast and Ciaran Brickley’s May Bank Holiday weekend wedding and Tenerife honeymoon means the newly-weds are back in time for tomorrow’s Bandon Show.

While Ciaran is a keen trotting fan and regularly competes at Portmarnock, the driving was left to Annie’s father Sean on the wedding day. Sean, who bred the Cheltenham winner Fissure Seal, drove Annie to St Fachtnas Church in Rosscarberry with the help of Burgatia Lad. The Grade A is one of many produced by the Prendergast family, with other top ponies including Skibbereen Girl, Summerhill Toby Jug and Donowen, which all represented Ireland with Robert and Esib Power.