THE Tipperary Area of the Irish Pony Society held its 2024 awards night last Saturday in Hayes Hotel, Thurles, where everyone enjoyed the social occasion before the show season starts in earnest.

Two of the three major winners were the pony of the year Goldengrove Maydream, a 2013 Holyoake Czar mare ridden by Zoe Thompson for her mother Lorraine, and the rider of the year, Imogen Lawless-Greene, who achieved her results last season on two ponies owned by her mother, Margaret. These were Harwent Moonraker, a 2011 gelding by Dolphin Superstar, and Moonlite Gone With The Wind, a 2019 home-bred mare by Dolrhedyn Casino.