OWNERS, riders and ponies from all around the country descended on Killossery Lodge Stud on Wednesday for the third of the RDS working hunter pony qualifiers but judges David Kirkpatrick and Lucinda Kelly’s winner of the 158cm class was the very locally-based Highview Shakespeare.

Ridden by Kate Horgan for her mother Hannah, the six-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding completed on a total of 94 points with Co Antrim’s Charlotte Harding finishing second on Penny Murphy’s 11-year-old Killinick Bouncer gelding Kontiki (89.8) who is also qualified for the Performance Irish Draught section of the show.