JUDY Cazabon always knew her granddaughter, Alana, was going places. She turned heads since she was a tiny child on a pony, won her first Dressage Ireland national championship title aged 11 and has won over 20 titles since.

“She just had the look. People used to look at her and say ‘god look at her position’. She just sat there and it seemed to happen underneath her,” Judy said, explaining Alana’s natural connection with ponies and horses from a young age.