ONE young rider who is not competing at this weekend’s Irish Pony Society championships at Hollypark Stables is Co Galway’s Nicole O’Shaughnessy because, once she went back to school, her ponies went on their holidays!

Only a spectator at the Dublin Horse Show as there was no suitable class for her ponies, the 10-year-old had a great end to her season at the recent British Show Pony Society summer championships in Arena UK where there were a lot of Irish in attendance.