IF one was looking for a powerful image of a woman in the horse world, then this, of Ballymena’s Yvonne Hanna with the home-bred Clydesdale mare, Macfin Sweet Melody, would be hard to beat.

Thanks to longtime title sponsor Ulster Bank, the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society’s four-day Balmoral Show is well-promoted throughout the province, in rural and urban areas alike, and this photograph was one of three commissioned for this year’s 150th anniversary show.