GALWAY show rider Grace Maxwell Murphy reported that both she and her horse Miley are “100% fine” after a crashing side saddle fall on St Stephen’s Day when hunting with the Galway Blazers (see pictures on 86-87).

The pair are seasoned side saddle campaigners, having done four seasons together, and last week’s fall was their first. “He was just fresh and got distracted going in to the jump, turned sideways just before the wall and sort of crashed sideways through it. I knew once we left the ground we were going to fall, but thankfully he didn’t come over on top of me. We were back up within seconds and jumping away all day again afterwards,” Murphy reported afterwards.