Show cancelled

THE North East Region/Equipet Show, due to be held in Broadmeadows EC tomorrow (Sunday) has been cancelled as a mark of respect after the death of a long standing Cheval member.

Monty Roberts tickets

TICKETS for Monty Roberts are available through Eventbrite.ie, search Monty Roberts, and are priced €27.50 each. Roberts will be demonstrating his renowned horsemanship skills on Cavan Equestrian Centre on Saturday, March 24th at 6pm.

Irish-breds clean up

IRISH Sport Horses filled the top two places in Thursday’s four-star $70,000 Equinimity WEF Challenge Cup at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida.

Tipperary’s Kevin Babington finished second with the Cheryl Broderick-bred Super Chilled (by Gelvin Clover), just behind British winner Amanda Derbyshire and Luibanta BH (by Luidam), bred by Co Galway’s Justin Burke.

Jiffy retires

KILDARE international event rider Camilla Speirs announced the retirement of her brilliant London Olympic contender Portersize Just A Jiff, sixth at four-star Pau and ninth in four-star Badminton in 2016.

Chantal Deon RIP

THE funeral of well known hunting enthusiast Chantal Deon, Tynagh, Loughrea, Co Galway, took place on Thursday at St Lawrence’s Church, Tynagh.

Predeceased by her husband Michael, the couple are survived by daughter Alice and son Alex, grandchildren, relatives and friends.

A full obituary will appear in next week’s issue.