MBF Celtic Claddagh is this year’s ‘Mo Chroí’ Four-Year-Old National Champion. Ridden by Meabh Bolger, the pair scored a massive 83.2 which proved best of the 24-strong starters to take the victory in the RDS main arena on Saturday evening.

“We bought him as a yearling from our neighbours Gerry and Joan Lenihan. From the first day he had a big walk, he was always a good model,” said Bolger, who was riding at Dublin for the very first time. “We broke him as a three-year-old, we did a small bit of riding with him and then started him again when he was four.