ONE memorable photo from last year’s Charleville Show is of a cluster of youngsters gathered around Liam and Joan Ruttle’s Harlequin Charm and her foal after the pair qualified for The Irish Field Breeders’ Championship.

Similarly this summer, another next generation sighting was the Midland Youth Group (MYG) team. This ‘mobile squad’ of agricultural show volunteers has now become a familiar sight at midlands shows, most recently at Longford.