THE Pony Club movement is dear to the heart of Irish Horse World correspondent Margie McLoone, a one-time proud member of the Ward Union branch who covers as many Irish Pony Club national activities she can – and also those in Area 17.

However, after a busy season she obviously needs a bit of a break as, writing her report on the IPC’s annual festival in Mullingar, she managed to mix-up two members of the McQuade family despite the vast difference in age between the Meath Pony Club pair.