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17 August 2018

Irish Field Contributor on 17 Aug 2018

RDS PICTURE DESK: Out & About

We bring you all the wonderful colour, scenes and joy that is Dublin Horse Show

Irish Field Contributor

17 August 2018

Sealed with a kiss: Shane McKenna congratulates Robyn Catterall after she won the intermediate side saddle class with Carnsdale Irish Times at the RDS (Photo: Susan Finnerty)

Selfie Time: The winning Mounted Games Laois team at the RDS of Darragh Phelan, Sadie Hyland, Saoirse Wynn, Darragh Carolan, Tom Nolan with trainer, Eilidh Hyland (Photo: Susan Finnerty)

Could You Be Loved?: Robert Cronin leading the lovable giant Bob Marley, a French Poitou donkey (Photo: Susan Finnerty)

Getting out the Big Guns: Transporting artillery was one of the roles carried out by donkeys in World War I, as recreated during the Irish Donkey Society display in the main arena last Sunday (Photo: Susan Finnerty)

Thumbs up: PJ Casey shows his delight at the RDS after Somerville was crowned Supreme Hunter (Photo: Susan Finnerty)

Leave a tender moment alone: Mexico's Patricio Pasquel and Federico Fernandez share a moment on the podium after winning the Aga Khan Nations Cup at Dublin (Photo Rolf Stenberg/Sports Press)

Victory in sight: Robyn Moran, winner of the 148cms six and seven-year-olds class with Colesgrove Cavalier at Dublin Horse Show (Photo: Jack Lyons/Jumpinaction.net)

Family day: Ronan Murphy and his wife Katherine, son Patrick and daughter Kate at Dublin Horse Show (Photo: Noel Mullins)

This is the best way to go: Walter and Senan Reape during the 128cm course walk at Dublin (Photo: Laurence Dunne/Jumpinaction.net)

Hunting tradition: The Ballymacad Foxhounds parading at the RDS with huntsman Kevin Donohoe (Photo: Noel Mullins)

Special tribute: Pedro Junqueira Muylaert sporting an Irish hockey jersey during the Land Rover Puissance in memory of his late great friend Andres Rodriguez who thrilled the Dublin Puissance crowds in 2015 (Photo: Laurence Dunne/ Jumpinaction.net)

Eeeeba! Patricio Pasquel from Mexico competing on Babel celebrates after their Nations Cup victory (Photo: Matt Browne/SPORTSFILE)

MC Brendan McArdle gets well into the spirit of things at the Land Rover Puissance (Photo: Laurence Dunne/ Jumpinaction.net)

Sligo's Richard Howley shows his delight at clearing the giant red wall with CMS Tallulah in the Land Rover Puissance (Photo: Harry Murphy/SPORTSFILE)

Irish show jumper Emily Turkington watches the Main Arena action at the RDS (Photo Rolf Stenberg/Sports Press)

Trade Horse Ltd's filly River Field Cornet Chin by Cornet Obolensky out of Aldatus Chin on her way to winning the fillies section of the three-year-old loose jumping final (Photo: John Cannon)

Oh baby: Aisling and Seamus Sloyan at Dublin Horse Show 2018 with Seamus Junior (Photo: Susan Finnerty)

WHAT a week! Dublin Horse Show is like no other in terms of the sheer spectacle and colour to be savoured and photographers Laurence Dunne, Susan Finnerty and the SPORTSFILE team were there to capture the action.