Susan Finnerty

LIVING up to his name, Tattygare Something Special brought off a back-to-back All Ireland final double at Tinahely where the Hurst Show Team’s home-bred gelding won the Connolly’s Red Mills two-year-old final. The filly equivalent had already been decided at Kildysart two days before and a dozen more contenders lined out before Rachel Bennett-Hamilton and Russell Owens in another pre-Dublin All Ireland final.