THE first of the 2025 IDHBA Branch Shows took place in Punchestown on Easter Monday organised by the Kildare IDHBA Branch under new chairperson Una Holohan.

There were seven youngsters in the opening class, the ridden four and five-year-olds before judges Ms Alice Copithorne (Cork) and Mr Darragh Duggan (Westmeath), both commenting on how obedient these young horses were.