EVEN if the Vesey Lodge one-day event had gone ahead last Saturday, regular Northern Region commentator Peter Quirke would not have been able to attend as he had been nabbed by daughter Joanne for two days’ duty at the National Horse and Pony Championship Show at Killossery Lodge Stud.

Among the many announcements Peter made on Saturday afternoon was the good news that show horse rider, producer and judge, Shane McKenna, had been released from the University Hospital Waterford where he had spent the previous six days following a fall at the Glandoran Island Summer Show.