AUTUMN has certainly set in and the Traditional Irish Horse Association (TIHA) performance championships experienced traditional Irish weather too last Sunday. Host venue Mullingar Equestrian Centre’s facilities were a considerable asset with the three-year-old loose jumping competitions, for example, held in the indoor arena.

The weather conditions didn’t deter the hardy traditional-breds and their crews though and many were in their element, both in the grass arena and over Mullingar’s track of natural fences and banks.