THE working hunter committee of the Irish Pony Society moved to a new venue for the second leg of its 2025 Sport Pony Challenge last Sunday and it would appear that their choice of the Banner Equestrian Centre in the Burren region of Co Clare met with universal approval, especially given the glorious weather.

I don’t know which of Evie Kennedy’s parents look after the Thurles yard’s logistics but it’s difficult to know where she will appear next! Last Sunday, it was at Banner Equestrian where she claimed the honours in the well-filled 143cm class on board her mother Maeve’s previously-qualified Connemara gelding Little Dromin Phoenix.