Picture Desk

THE weather gods may not be smiling anymore with the wettest July on record but that does not stop the almost non-stop action across the busy Irish equestrian circuit this summer as these photos show.

Pictured at the KNL IPS Show at Tattersalls was Intermediate Championship judge Denise Colebrooke with winner Dynamite Replay ridden by Annarose Scott with judges Kathryn Lloyd and Daniel Park (UK) \ John O'Carroll Photography

Pictured at the KNL IPS Show at Tattersalls was Reserve Champion Starter Stakes (l-r) Ellie Condon, Glensevin Fairfax with rider Amber Tobin and Lucy Townsley. The 19-year-old pony is going to Dublin Horse Show \ John O'Carroll Photography

Niamh McEvoy and BP Lucky Clover won the four-year-old champions at HHS Horse Show. Pictured with breeder Cheryl Broderick (left), Miguel Bravo, Denis Duggan (CEO of Horse Sport Ireland) and Jane Davis of Connolly's Red Mills \ Justin Black Millstreet Horse Photography

Maureen Mullins with the Mayor of Kilkenny City Cllr Joe Malone (FF) and Cathaoirleach of Kilkenny County Council Michael Doyle (FG) at the IHB reception at the HHS Horse Show \ Joe Cashin

First cousins James, Eoin and Timmy Brennan and Seamus Hughes Kennedy, pictured with Mayor of Kilkenny City Cllr Joe Malone (left), Cathaoirleach of Kilkenny County Council Michael Doyle (FG), Alison Corbally (Director General of the Irish Horse Board) and John McGuinness (FF) T.D. for Carlow/Kilkenny \ Joe Cashin

Alicia Kernan riding Avas Ruby, winners of the 128 1m at the TRI Pony Tour Final at The Meadows EC \ Tori O'Connor Photography

Suzanne Posnett and Maxim Van Overis Z, winners of 1.30m at Cavan Equestrian Centre \ Laurence Dunne Jumpinaction.net

Bernard Óg Keaney and Grey Rock Lily in the Young Handlers Class at Ballyconneely \ Rynes Walker