TWO Irish Sport Horse geldings were crowned champion and reserve in the show hunter championship held in the international arena at the Horse of the Year Show, Birmingham last Friday evening.

Judging for the weight classes, in which there were many Irish-bred horses, got underway just after 7am when it was the lightweights who first came before north Co Dublin’s Kevin McGuinness (ride) and Britain’s David Dixon (conformation). Topping their final line-up was the ISH gelding Shanaghan Velvet.