THE Irish Pony Society held its summer championships show last Thursday week at the Mullingar Equestrian Centre where it was always going to be a long day despite the fact that not all 78 classes advertised across the four arenas were contested.

The judges’ panel comprised Britain’s Simon Luck and Jeffrey Grace and the home-based Mairead Ryan, David Kirkpatrick, Cathy Geoghegan Curley, Mary Carter, Nicola Miller and Virginia Russell Wood. Course builder for the day was Shane Brooks.