KATE Walsh had a very busy year not only competing under the rules of Eventing Ireland, which she represented as the 2024 youth ambassador, but also as a member of the Tipperary Branch of the Irish Pony Club, competing in combined training, dressage and eventing.

The highlight of her IPC eventing season came in late August at Tattersalls Ireland, where she won the Open individual title at the Connolly’s Red Mills/IPC eventing championships on the Connemara gelding Beechtree Watchful, the 2023 EI100 (J) national champion. Earlier in the month, Walsh and the 13-year-old by Mirah’s Oyster Bandit won the Members’ class of the Pony Club combined training championship at the Dublin Horse Show.