AREA 2 of the Irish Pony Club recently hosted its inaugural Christmas Caper Show Coilóg Equestrian Centre, where classes catering for pony club members of all levels from cross-poles up to the feature 1.10m Christmas Class.

The Irish Pony Club is primarily a training body and hence there was an emphasis on awarding training bursaries for the top prizes in many classes. There was a great response from highly regarded instructors who kindly sponsored these lessons - Elaine O’Neill, Ann Hatton, Julieann Gaffney, Edward Butler, Captain Geoff Curran and Jack Doyle. Doyle provided the top prize of the day, a valuable training bursary which would be awarded to the winner of the 1.10m class. Competitors also benefited from the very generous sponsorship of prizes from Berney Bros Saddlery, Frontier Saddlery, Joyce’s Saddlery and from local riding school Toberton Lodge.