THE North West Ireland Welsh Pony and Cob Society held their third annual awards in Ballina last Saturday night. The awards dinner was preceded by the annual general meeting where secretary and founding member, Sue Ajmi, reviewed the year’s activities and confirmed that the 2016 overseas medal show will take place on May 15th at Ballinrobe racecourse.

The overall Section A award went to Sarah Beers’ all-conquering grey stallion Rhydgwilliam Cockatoo, a previous Cuddy finalist at the Horse of the Year Show who collected two further overseas bronze medals in 2015 at Ballinrobe and IAWPCS show in Punchestown. His impressive list of championships in 2015 contributed to him taking the overall stallion award, which was dominated by ponies from Northern Ireland with Laura Downey’s Section B Marons Emperor as runner-up.