HORSE Sport Ireland representatives Alison Corbally and Marion Hughes, plus Wendy Conlon from Teagasc, were the Irish delegates at the WBFSH assembly this year. Another guest arriving in Budapest this weekend is John Ledingham, who has travelled out to Budapest to give instruction clinics since 2017.

The Hungarian Equestrian Federation’s International Relations manager, Dr Miklós Jármy, explained how the link came about, saying: “I met John first in 2011, when we invited him for our three and four-year-old mares performance tests. Next year we invited him for a private clinic. Both my sons, Tibor and Vince, did learn a lot from his coaching. Tibor participated in the European Junior eventing championships and Vincent several times in show jumping.”