Meath Pony Club members involved in Horse Show extravaganza

A group of five young members from the Meath Pony Club are part of the famous Dublin Horse Show this week.

Sadhbh Monaghan, Kentstown, Harriet and Grace Mangan, Gibbstown along with Lauren and Daniel Callery, Kells are part of the Meath Mounted Games team. The trainer is Mark Crowe.

The ponies taking a well earned rest in Dunsany this evening at their final training session for the Dublin RDS Horse Show. Meath Senior Team members include Sadhbh Monaghan, Harriet & Grace Mangan, Lauren and Daniel Callery and trained by Mark Crowe.

Mounted Games involves playing 20 separate games with the riders and their ponies negotiating and staying as one and working in relay as a team and all at full speed.

It's a super exciting game of skill and horsemanship and the Dublin Horse Show is the final competition where each of the six teams from around the country had to qualify.

Teams qualify by competiting at several big shows around the country where the best six overall get to compete at the RDS.

The Meath team are defending champions after winning the Hugh Leonard Cup in Ring 1 for the last two years.

All five Meath riders are just back from competing at the World Pairs Championships in France.

These wonderful young riders are following a path where many of the top jockeys from Ireland started from including Rachael Blackmore.