A more down-to-earth celebrity at the show last Saturday was Irish, Munster and Lions rugby legend John ‘The Bull’ Hayes, whose five-year-old daughter Róisín and her pony Patsy were amongst the lead rein class entries.

Another of Charleville’s feature classes is the special lead rein class judged this year by Kate Jarvey, whose Ringwood Mississippi has been selected with Austin O’Connor for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.