Ringside Banter: Susan Malee, with her Kroongraaf three-year-old at Ballina Show \ Susan Finnerty
Judge John Ahern and Catríon Page, Ballina Show with the ridden horse champion: Lauren Sweeney’s King Arkansas (VDL Arkansas) \ Susan Finnerty
Alex Gill with his father Tiernan's Flogas Syb (Calvino Z), the reserve champion young horse at Ballina \ Susan Finnerty
Gordon Generations: Dermot Gordon with the family’s home-bred young horse champion at Ballina: Heart Breaker Boy. By Vancouver, the two-year-old is out of a Sligo Candy Boy-Lux Z- Diamond Lad-Leabeg damline \ Susan Finnerty
Silver View, winner of the Irish Draught filly class at Ballina with owner-breeder Seamus Sloyan \ Susan Finnerty
Sue Savage and Dara Heanue with Dara’s Ballina supreme pony champion Gurteen Annie (Glencarrig Knight) \ Susan Finnerty
Great tribute: Trish and David Dodd were delighted with the success of the Jack Dodd Tribute class at Ballina Show, organised by Jack’s friend Grace Kelly (right) \ Susan Finnerty
The Vancouver Club: Anthony Gordon whose son Dermot showed the Ballina young horse champion and Michael Grady, who bred last year’s Dublin yearling champion: Murrisk Curious Vancouver, owned by Patrick O’Sullivan pictured at Ballina \ Susan Finnerty