IT really was a day for the ladies as the start of the Irish Pony Society 2018 showing season got under way at the Tipperary Area IPS Working Hunter Show.

Lady riders filled the top spot in all nine classes at the show which was also a Northern Ireland Festival qualifier. The classes were efficiently judged by Mary Carter and Faith Ponsonby. Ponies and riders were given a fair but challenging track designed by Tomas Ryan to kick off the 2018 season.