THE Northern Ireland Festival concluded in the Gold Ring on Sunday night with the crowning of the Festival supreme working hunter champions who both earned their connections £1,000 in prize-money.

Co Kilkenny’s Aoife Brennan won the pony title with her mother Aine’s Captain Bailey. She and the 10-year-old dun gelding progressed to Sunday night’s decider by winning the Festival 143cms working hunter final. They also finished second in their show hunter pony class and sixth in their HOYS qualifier, where they had a pole down.