Balmoral judges announced

THE Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) has announced the judges ahead of the 156th Balmoral Show. The show takes place from May 14th to 17th at the Eikon Exhibition Centre. The judges are Louise Daly and Paul Kinane (hunters), Rachel Cox and Kerrilee Wilson (ridden Irish Draught), Chris Hewlelt and Cathy Wood (breeding and youngstock), Denise Colebrook and Harry Scanlan (coloured horses), Rachel Cox, Kerrilee Wilson and Robert Draper (performance Irish Draught), Denise Colebrook and Amy Kinane (ladies hunters astride, ladies side-saddle and riding horses), Jane Darragh (‘Balmoral Star of the Future’ Performance Horse Championships), Edward O’Grady and Davy Russell (Racehorse to Riding Horse), Keiran Baslington and Jenny Banks (Working Hunter Horses, inc Smalls and Cobs), Amy Kinane and Clare Dew (cobs), Alistair Christie (Clydesdales), Georgina Turner (Hackneys), Kerry Wainwright and Steven Strang (Connemaras), David Blair (M&M), Henritta Barton and Debbie Machin (ridden ponies), Philip Hilton and Clare Dew (working hunter ponies). Diane Gibson and John Bamber are named as the referee judges.