CLYDESDALE breeders and exhibitors, along with interested spectators, braved the elements to attend the 55th Co Londonderry Horse Breeding Society Clydesdale foal show, which was held last Saturday at Ballymena Livestock Market.

This year’s judge was Benny Duncan of Balmalcolm Clydesdales in Fife, whose overall champion was the senior filly foal, the Hanna family’s home-bred Macfin Highland Queen. This April-foaled bay is by the Bratlach Dillon stallion Muirton Sabre, the 2010 male Cawdor Cup winner, who was bred in Ballycastle by Alex Brown and stands with the Hannas outside Ballymoney.