THE Galwegians winning streak began early in the day at Moate Show when the Donnellan family’s Miss Suileen Bouncer swept through the George Chapman-judged Irish Draught and broodmare classes, ending up with three championship wins.

“Suileen being our prefix after the Suileen river that runs through our village,” said secondary school teacher Emma Donnellan who showed the Moylough Bouncer filly for her father Marcus. “Dad has always had horses and so I grew up with them and my love for them flourished when he bought me my first pony at five years old. Dad breeds four Irish Draught mares and two Connemaras every year and either keeps a filly foal or sells them on,” explained Emma, who teaches in St Brigids College, Loughrea.