LAMBAY Stud’s Ann Grimes spent four days at the Horse of The Year Show last week, being ready to enter the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham for the start of the first class at 7am on the Wednesday and then leaving a day earlier than normal on the Saturday evening.

While the breeder would usually be found following all the pony showing classes, last week she had more of an interest in the pony action over the coloured poles as she bred one of the finalists in Saturday morning’s 128cm championship, the Welsh Section B mare Lambay Off Broadway.