GRANARD was the next midlands fixture to benefit from a change of show day weather and Tánaiste Simon Harris was amongst the bumper crowds at its 75th anniversary event last Saturday.

A good road network and tradition of horse breeding equalled nice numbers in the morning breedingstock classes, judged by Philip Scott. His first champion was Hughie and Mary Murphy’s Barnaview Dancing Queen, by the Swinford family’s own thoroughbred Singing ’N’Dancing, sourced from Jim Bolger’s yard.