Excitment is normally kept contained around the Horse Sport Ireland showing rings but Laura Snow’s Drynam clubmates were in full voice following her win on The Dashing Black in Sunday’s Eddie Fowler memorial breed championship.

The seven-year-old gelding progressed to the title decider having won the Irish Draught class, where he stood ahead of last year’s breed champion, Cheval’s Yukon Diamond (Eddie Hannigan), and his stable companion and club teammate, Cushnahans Mist (Nicola Barrett). Judges Celine Essame (conformation) and Niamh Grimes (ride) had originally placed Cushnahans Mist in first place ahead of the chesnut mare Madame Stella. However they subsequently changed their minds.