CROSSGAR’s Diane Harron Eakin had one of those very special, seldom experienced days at the recent Half Bred Horse Breeders Society’s performance foal show in Mossvale Equestrian Centre. Not only did she breed the successful colt, Ringfort Rubys Cruise, but also both his sire and dam.

Harold, as the chesnut foal is called at Ringfort Stud, is by the Cruising stallion Ringfort Cruise who represented the Army Equitation School and Ireland on Nations’ Cup teams and in international Grand Prix. A half-brother to the Grade A jumper and sire Renkum Englishman, the grey retired from competition in 2010 and now stands at the Drumhowan Stud in Co Monaghan.