ON the equine front, ongoing heavy rainfall in southern Germany and Switzerland caused the evacuation of 2018 world show jumping champion Simone Blum’s flooded stables and the cancellation of the Nations Cup competition in St. Gallen.
Whether St. Grellan, Ballinasloe’s patron saint, held more sway than his Swiss counterpart or last Saturday’s sunshine was just good fortune is debatable. Either way, the revived Galway branch of the Irish Draught Horse Breeders Association (IDHBA) enjoyed Mediterranean-style weather for its first show, held in the town’s Showgrounds.


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