JAMIE Smyth just loves showing horses in big rings at major shows and he more or less ruled the roost in the Spar Main Arena last Thursday week when Carl Owen and Philippa Scott, who had judged the classes in Horse Ring 1 throughout Wednesday, were joined by Bridget Millington and Mark Tamplin for the Creightons hunter championships.

For the first time at Balmoral, the smalls joined their larger counterparts in the collecting ring and theirs was the first championship judged.