SLIGO event rider, breeder and solicitor Donnacha Anhold was on the receiving end of a beautiful Longines watch last Saturday, and it wasn’t for winning an event.

Anhold was most definitely not wearing jodhpurs at Leopardstown Racecourse when he was called forward to accept the Longines prize for an elegant male at the opening day of Longines Irish Champions Weekend.

Principal solicitor at Carter Anhold & Co in Sligo and Dublin, Anhold is also a founding shareholder of the Irish Warmblood National Stud and finds the time to event up to two-star level in his spare time.

Earlier this year he finished 10th in the CIC2* at Ballindenisk International with AP Topstar.