ESTABLISHED 35 years, Kilronan Riding Club ran a very successful summer show last Sunday at the Kilronan Equestrian Centre close to Dublin airport where brief showers failed to dampen the enthusiasm of club members, who filled a variety of roles during the day, or the large number of competitors.

The focus of attention was on the Derby course, designed and built by the venue’s owner Helena Dawson who is also club chairperson. Her well-received track will be used again tomorrow for a pony Derby Show. There will, however, be a more formal method of judging the joker fence as, on Saturday the name of anyone who even attempted jumping it was put into a draw with Castle Hill’s Niamh Murphy being the lucky winner of the large Horse First hamper.