WHILE some people headed off to Down Royal last Sunday for the St Patrick’s Day race meeting, others made their way to the Napier family’s Hazeldene Farm outside Ballynahinch for the second qualifier in this year’s Balmoral ‘Star of the Future’ performance horse championship.

On a dry and pleasant day, Carol Prime had the task of judging the combinations forward over a challenging but educational course for horse and rider, which was built by Andrew Napier.