AMONG spectators at the Tattersalls Ireland July Show last Sunday was Fiona O’Dwyer who, in 2011, won the riding horse championship at the Co Meath fixture on the dual champion hurdle winner, Hardy Eustace.

“There weren’t anything like the number of ex-racehorse classes then as there are now, so riding horse classes were a great way of getting more show ring experience into Hardy,” said Fiona who followed up that 2011 win at Tattersalls with a second place finish on the Archway gelding in the racehorse to riding horse class at the Dublin Horse Show.