THE finale at the Northern Ireland Festival in Cavan last Sunday was, as usual, the judging of the Festival supreme working hunter championships in the Gold Ring where, for the second year running, the winner of the pony title was Dartans Atom Man, while Castanasky was crowned supreme champion horse.

The 11-year-old gelding Dartans Atom Man, who won the show hunter and working hunter championship at Necarne last year, before heading to Cavan where he also secured a Horse of the Year Show ticket, didn’t enjoy the best of luck for much of the remainder of the season – to the upset of his rider, Aoibhinn Ruane.