THE Western Region of Eventing Ireland ran the final Irish Draught performance qualifiers for Balmoral Show (May 14th to 17th) last Sunday at a sun-baked Clare Equestrian where the judging duties fell to Patricia Hoey and Denise Norton.

As she had already qualified her quota of two horses, Maria McNamara and her father Tom had to find a second jockey to get more of their string through to the final and turned to Scottish international event rider Becky Scott who did as required in the 18-runner four and five-year-old class.