ONCE an annual feature of the Irish Pony Society’s National Championships, the Tom Robinson Gold Cup, a three-phase competition of dressage, working hunter and show jumping, made a welcome return to the programme of this year’s show.

Co Kilkenny’s Nancy Lyons Teehan, who won the 90cms section of the TopSpec Gold Cup Sports Pony Final at Burghley last September, competed in three of the four classes at the Mullingar Equestrian Centre, winning two and placing second in the third.