Sheila Reilly jumping a big wall on her family farm while out with the Grallagh Harriers at Loughrea \ Noel Mullins

Jack Rush and Dromore Hill Boy, winners of the 128 - 80/85cm Under 10s Equijump Spring Tour at Cavan \ Laurence Dunne Jumpinaction.net

Jack Hannigan and Carstown Bobby Sparrow, winners of 148 1.20m Equijump Spring Tour at Cavan \ Laurence Dunne Jumpinaction.net

Eoghan Trainor and Marah, winners of the Coh/Jnr Equijump Spring Tour at Cavan \ Laurence Dunne Jumpinaction.net

Lucia Keane and Alto de Fougnard, winner of the 138 1.10m Spring Tour at Cavan \ Ciara Byrne Jumpinaction.net

Lorraine Burke, joint-master of the Grallagh Harriers, jumps a typical Galway wall at the Loughrea meet \ Noel Mullins

Skye Howard Hill (15) riding her Irish Draught Izzy at the The Wicklow Foxhounds' charity ride held at Cooley Farm \ Ken O'Mahony

Doran O'Toole at the The Wicklow Foxhounds' charity ride held at Cooley Farm \ Ken O'Mahony

Doran O'Toole at the The Wicklow Foxhounds' charity ride held at Cooley Farm \ Ken O'Mahony

Peter Reynolds leads the way at the Ward Union Hunt in Kilmessan, Co Meath \ Alicia Reynolds Carberry

Tom Berney pops a hedge during the closing meet of the Kildare Foxhounds from Rathsallagh Country House \ Siobhan English Photography

8759-JOE OFLYNN (1 of 1).jpg" style="max-width:100%;"/>Ruby Cousins riding Ivy at the last hunt of the season with The Island Hunt \ Aoife Kavanagh/Between The Ears Equine Videos

Michael Larkin shows how its done over a big hedge hunting with the Ormond Foxhounds \ Catherine Power

Joe Dunne at the last hunt of the season with The Island Hunt \ Aoife Kavanagh/Between The Ears Equine Videos

Alex Monaghan (8) sails over the fence on his great coloured pony with the Ormond Foxhounds \ Catherine Power