THE Dublin Branch of the Irish Draught Horse Breeders’ Association held their annual show last Sunday in the National Horse Sport Arena, Abbotstown where, in the sunshine, four champions were crowned.

The first, as selected by judge Orla Atkinson in the Centrepiece Rosettes in-hand section staged on grass, was Sean Cullerton’s Oak Brooke Heather (Killountain Cross - Good As Gold, by Moylough Bouncer), winner earlier of the two-year-old filly/gelding class. Bred in Co Wicklow by Frank Redmond, the grey filly claimed the title ahead of Jimmy Heery’s home-bred eight-year-old Offaly Pride (Offaly Clover - Ballindrimna Lady, by Donovan), winner of the broodmare class.