LOCAL exhibitor Grace Maxwell Murphy won the overall ridden and in-hand championship at last Sunday’s Irish Pony Society Western Area Spring Show at Duffy’s Equestrian with the Connemara gelding Glenville Glic.

The five-year-old grey by Glencarrig Knight, who was reserve ridden champion at the Connemara Pony of the Year Show last September, was bred in Co Clare by Francis Murphy out of Clooneybreen Peigín, by Currachmore Cashel.

Judged as reserve overall champion by Mary Moore (working hunters) and Simon Beirne (ridden) was the Mountain and Moorland lead rein winner, Caroline Flood’s Welsh gelding Ballyroe Lighting Jack, a chesnut five-year-old by Friars Rebel. It was a busy day for the Connemara gelding Claireville Codiac, winner of the 153cm working hunter class en route to claiming the overall working hunter championship of the show under Sophie Cusack, who also partnered the grey in the Under 16 Balmoral Connemara working hunter qualifier where they bagged a ticket.

Qualified

Claireville Codiac also qualified for the Over 16s Balmoral ridden championship in the hands of Jodie Moran. Bred in Co Galway by John Tierney, the Caherlistrane Bay 10-year-old is out of the Slisneoir mare Tegan.

The reserve working hunter champion of show was the Nicole O’Shaughnessy-ridden Glandrine Pied Piper, winner of the working and flat starter stakes. A new ride this year for O’Shaughnessy, the Knockseagh Prince gelding has returned to the west, where he was successfully shown some years ago by Lara Field.