THE glorious weather really helped for the smooth preparation of Bandon Show, Cork’s first agricultural show of the season, and remained for the day itself to see huge crowds and bumper entries in the equestrian section. The grounds maintained by the neighbouring Golf Club provided a beautiful carpet-like grass cover, which allowed horses to really float around the rings.

The mother and daughter team of Nina Doyle and Leah Kent were busy judging with some very big classes in the Ridden Hunter ring and Deirdre Burchill was their chosen champion with her RDS winning six-year-old Condios gelding Ballard Bridgeboy, who was bred by Patrick Quigley. Reserve went to Aidan Ryan’s four-year-old FJK Z Future by Future Trend and bred by Fergal King.