The Ballymacads, one of the country’s most venerable old hunts, is running a hunting extravaganza in Westmeath on Sunday 12 September.
The highlight will be the Best Hunting Horse Competition, sectioned Lightweight, Middleweight and Small Horse with a very generous prizefund of €1000 per section. The horses will be judged on conformation, ability and suitability to the job at hand. Horses will be required to jump a course of hunt type fences including a blind bank, electric tape and gate. Judges to include international showjumper Alexander Butler, well known horse producer and breeder Norman Allen, Rory Gilsenan, accomplished producer of top class working hunters in the UK, and Huntsman Kevin Donohue who is the fourth generation Donohue to hunt the Ballymacad Hounds. These judges will ride horses selected in the top placings of their respective classes.
The supporting card includes a hunt chase, a cross jump, and a whole lot more.
Letterkenny Riding Club 