WHEN the Horse Committee of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society holds its debrief on the recent four-day show at Balmoral Park, there should be a general feeling of a job well-done in strange and challenging times.

Those who attended the fixture, in various capacities, were delighted that it went ahead and exhibitors, riders and spectators alike were willing to adjust to changes for the year that was in it although it has to be said the horse/pony section was open to southern entries, unlike the cattle.