The 2005 Killusty Pony Show was held at Claremore, Killusty, Fethard on Saturday 2nd July. The Weather Steward will be retained for at least another year as, after a truly appalling weather forecast, he managed to keep the rain away all day so that the Show could go on in unexpected and welcome comfort. In the led Ring the A.I.B. Slievenamon Championship and Best Filly prize went to Joe Whelton’s Golden Grove Skylark bred by a long term stalwart of Killusty Show Sean Maher now sadly gone to his reward. Peter Byrne’s Wyndham Aristocrat filled the Reserve spot. Peter Byrne too has been a great supporter over the years and thankfully he is still with us. The Cup for the best local was taken home by Noel Coffey for his Ballintemple Star, second in the hunter pony young stock. Peter Byrne claimed the Dawn Fresh Foods Championship in the broodmare ring with Wyndham Symphony with West Cork’s Martin O’Sullivan’s Little Blue in reserve. Martin McMahon too came from Cork to claim the Welsh Championship with Muskerry Charisma with Ann Grime’s Windsong Remember Me in reserve. The Butler Connemara Championship went to Dublin with Patrick Geoghegan’s Dangan Patricka topping the list with Joanne O’Connor’s Greyrock Finisterre in reserve. She only had to come down the road from Ballinard.

Numbers were again down in the Show Pony Classes but the Coolmore Killusty Championship was claimed again for Cork by Regina Daly’s Fofsway Symbolene with Ann Grimes Rollswood Joseph in Reserve. Numbers were seriously up in the equitation classes, most particularly in the Equitation Jumping classes and the Tate Croome-Carroll Memorial Equitation Championship was truly earned by Esme Mansergh-Wallace with Chloe Murphy in reserve.

In the Local Handy Pony Class Hazel Sheehan from just down the road from the showgrounds upheld the honour of Fethard and Killusty. The Special Lead Rein Class went slightly further afield , to Louanna Winters in Cahir. The Mini Classes were very well filled with, again, greater numbers in the hunter pony sections. The Mini Championship went home with Sean Scallan’s Barkway Sweet Pea to Wexford with Shane McNamara’s Balllykilty Flame in reserve. The Starter Stakes Championship headed for Kerry with Nikki Taylor’s Valmore Irish Mist coming out tops. This pony has a very local connection too as he is out of Gus Keane’s great old mare Douthwaite Martini who only left Killusty to go to Tom Relihan in Listowel when Gus went to his final home. The reserve in this championship was Patrick Geoghegan’s It’s a Boy Thing..

In the Show Hunter Ring there was no shortage of numbers to select from for Dermot O’Connor. Mrs. Tara Bricknell’s Open Show Hunter Champion was Elizabeth Freeman’s Moelgarnedd Dymuniad. The lovely little Welsh mare had as her reserve Basil Brindley’s Chantilly Phantom, having another great year. The Lady Lloyd Webber’s Novice Show Hunter Champion was Lorli Higgins Ballyboy Perry Merry with Erica Leonard’s Ringwood Puzzle from Limerick in Reserve. At the end of the day the Intermediate Champion did not come form the Show hunter division but from the workers with Con Davis Captain Scarlet shading it from Catherine Rawluk’s Littlejon

Thw Working Hunter Rings were in operation from early to late. Tony Ennis’ well designed and strongly built courses tested the competitors in noo uncertain fashion. The Gain Animal Feeds Novice Working Hunter Championship went to Moelgarnedd Dymuniad who had a great day all round. The Clonmel Oil Working Hunter Championship went to Linda Young’s Ardfry Ahab with Inspector Morse in reserve. Jean Pim’s Performance Working Hunter Championship was again Ardfry Ahab with Anarette Geoghegan’s Westmir Queen in reserve. The Green Working Hunter Class attracted a massive entry and was duly won by Matthew Holohan ,the boy from down the road whose Grandfather Billy had been a founding member of Killusty Show on Boolagh Matilda. The Show started promptly at 10 a.m and all but the last equitation jumping competition was finished before 6 p.m letting most tired competitors and there ponies get home in good time.

Photographed at the Killusty Pony Show are L to R: Vera Doran, Barbara Chapman, Jack Chapman and Tara Bricknell.

KILLUSTY PONY SHOW 2005 – RESULTS

CLASS 1 COLVILLE HUNT SHOW PONY YOUNGSTOCK 1 y.o.
1) Joe Whelton GOLDEN GROVE SKYLARK b.f. by Windyiate Bona Fide Blue ex Golden Grove Tamara bd. Sean Maher
2) David Lynch BLENNERVILLE ROMEO
3) Mary Hayden TULLOWCUSSANE MAYBELLE

CLASS 2 PRIMUS ADVERTISING HUNTER PONY YOUNGSTOCK 1 y.o.
1) Michael Calnan SMOKEY LEGEND by Muskerry Blue Smoke ex Knockeen Moonlight
2) Noel Coffey BALLINTEMPLE STAR
3) Joanne O’Connor CROPPY BOY

CLASS 3 Show Pony Youngstock 2. y.o.
1) Tim Hurley BLENNERVILLE MATADOR ch. Bd. Exh
2) Deirdre Smithwick KILCREENE ONYX
3) Irish Horse Welfare Trust I.H.W.T LULU 2 ch.f.

CLASS 4: Show Pony Youngstock 3 y.o
1) Peter Byrne WYNDHAM ARISTOCRAT 3 b.g. by Whalton High Flyer ex Wyndham Miss Moo bd. owner

CLASS 5a KILLENAULE PHARMACY Hunter Pony Youngstock 2.
1) A. Grimes LAMBAY FOR PLEASURE 2 ch.g. by Moorhall Miniature ex Windsong Remember Me bd. Exh
2) Deirdre Smithwick KILCREENE ONYX
3) Mrs. Claire Scott & Miss Sarah Delaney KILLARD GEMMA

Class 5b Hunter Pony Youngstock 3 y.o.
1) Martin O’Sullivan LEAP PRINCESS 3 b.f by Roquest Blaze over Western River ex Leap Flo

CLASS 6 A.I.B. SLIEVENAMON CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion GOLDEN GROVE SKYLARK
Reserve WYNDHAM ARISTOCRAT
Best Local BALLINTEMPLE STAR
Best Filly GOLDEN GROVE SKYLARK

CLASS 7 FETHARD FOSTER MARE SERVICE Show Pony Broodmare
1) Martin O’Sullivan LITTLE BLUE

CLASS 8 RED CITY STUD Hunter Pony Broodmare
1) Peter Byrne WYNDHAM SYMPHONY 3 gr.f. by Whalton High Flyer ex Wyndham Rhapsody bd. Owner
2) A. Grimes WINDSONG REMEMBER ME
3) Con Sugrue BONNY EILEEN

CLASS 9 Purebred Connemara Broodmare
1) Joanne O’Connor GREYROCK FINISTERRE 5 gr. F. by Glenvalley Grey ex Menlough Rose
2) Denis Collins TULLA LILY
3) Mary Hayden FERNVILLE MISTY

CLASS 10 DAWN FRESH FOODS LTD. BROODMARE CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion WYNDHAM SYMPHONY
Reserve LITTLE BLUE

CLASS 11 BANK OF IRELAND Foal
1) Martin O’Sullivan foal ex LITTLE BLUE
2) Con Sugrue LITTLE MISS MUFFETT by Valentine Minstrel ex Bonny Eileen

CLASS 12 Pure or Partbred Arab
1) Thomas Mac Namara EVERSLEY CELEBRITY aged. B.m. by Saran Rising Star ex Masterton No Doubt bd. W.E.Tooner-Harlow

CLASS 13 FEERY UPHOLSTERY KILLUSTY Purebred Welsh Sec A&B
1) M.T. McMahon MUSKERRY CHARISMA 7 ch.f. bd. Muskerry Stud
2) Elizabeth Freeman MOELGARNEDD BENDITH
3) Maria Collins PENNWAY PELICAN

CLASS 14 Partbred Welsh
1) A. Grimes WINDSONG REMEMBER ME 12 ch.m. by Cottrell merrymaker ex Rendene Carmen Rose bd. Exh.
2) Martin O’Sullivan LEAP PRINCESS
3) Deirdre Smithwick KILCREENE CORAL

CLASS 14A WELSH CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion MUSKERRY CHARISMA
Reserve WINDSONG REMEMBER ME

CLASS 15 PROUT PLUMBING & HEATING KILLUSTY Purebred Connemara Pony
1) Joanne O’Connor GREYROCK FINISTERRE 5 gr.f. by Glenvalley Grey ex Menlough Rose
2) Carolyn Poole SHROUGHAN NIKKE
3) Jacqui Freyne KNOCKBORDAN MATCHMAKER

CLASS 17 BUTLER CONNEMARA CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion DANGAN PATRICKA
Reserve GREYROCK FINISTERRE

CLASS 17A CLONMEL INSURANCES LTD.Coloured pony under 158 cms.
1) Erika Leonard RINGWOOD PUZZLE
2) Caroline Kelly POPPY

CLASS 18 ORCHARDSTOWN STUD Pure or Partbred Ridden Welsh
1) Elizabeth Freeman MOELGARNEDD DYMUNIAD 8 liv.ch.m bd. Mr. D. Williams, Bala Wales
2) Michelle Dennehy HOLLYVALE CITATION
3) Eileen Moore HILIN SKY ROCKET

CLASS 19 & 20 J.L. O’BRIEN & CO. Open 138 & 148cms Show Pony
1) Ann Grimes ROLLSWOOD JOSEPH
2) Josephine O’Driscoll HOLLYVALE SERAPHINA
3) A. Moran & T. Purcell EARL OF INCHIQUIN

CLASS 21 J.F. O’SULLIVAN LTD. CHEMISTS, FETHARD Open 128cms. Show Pony
1) Regina Daly FOFSWAY SYMBOLENE 4 b. by Sandbourne Royal Ensign ex Guilfach Universe
2) Eileen Moore HILIN SKY ROCKET
3) Thomas Mac Namara EVERSLEY CELEBRITY

CLASS 22 COOLMORE STUD KILLUSTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion FOFSWAY SYMBOLENE
Reserve ROLLSWOOD JOSEPH

CLASS 23 JIM STRANG & SONS KILSHEELAN Intermediate Show Riding Type
1) Sonya Steyn J.J. PUNCH 5 dun g. by Templebready Fear Bui ex Rosie’s Flair bd. Exh
2) Roisin Henry RIVERSDALE CHINPIN
3) K. Kennedy REGAL SPECULATION

CLASS 24 MR 7 MRS.E.J. O’GRADY Junior Ridden Side-Saddle
1) Suzanne Garrigan MR. FREEZE
2) Basil Brindley CHANTILLY PHANTOM
3) Mrs. Philippa Mansergh-Wallace DERRYMORE PADDY FINN

CLASS 26 Equitation Riding under 20 yrs.
1) Esme Mansergh-Wallace
2) Rachel Blackmore
3) Aine O’Connor

CLASS 26A Equitation Riding 17 to 25 yrs.
1) Rhian Fitzgerald

CLASS 27 Equitation Riding under 14 yrs.
1) Chloe Murphy
2) Sadhbh Sweeny
3) Megan Scallan

CLASS 28 Equitation Riding under 17 yrs.
1) Niamh Lonergan
2) Avena Mansergh-Wallace
3) Mhairi Rawluk

CLASS 28 TATE CROOM-CARROLL MEMORIAL EQUITATION CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion Esme Mansergh-Wallace
Reserve Chloe Murphy

CLASS 30a THE CARING SPECIALISTS RIDDEN CONNEMARA Rider under 16
1) Mrs. Philippa-Mansergh-Wallace DERRYMORE PADDY FINN 7 gr.g. by Cloonisle Cashel ex Goodbye My Love
2) Florence Brindley BALLINDERRY LADY
3) Patricia Murphy CONG MIDNIGHT FOXTROT

CLASS 30b GERALDINE 7 JOHN RYAN LTD RIDDEN CONNEMAR Rider over 16
1) Patrick Geoghegan DANGAN PATRICKA 8 gr. M. by Coral Star ex Waterfall Mist
2) Mrs. Philippa Mansergh Wallace DERRYMORE PADDY FINN
3) Florence Brindley BALLINDERRY LADY

CLASS 31 MORRIS OIL FIDDOWN LOCAL HANDY PONY
1) (and Best Parish of Fethard and Killusty) Hazel Sheehan SHANNON aged pal.m.
2) J. O’Hagan COBWEB
3) Mrs. Jeannie Ronan MAGIC MERLIN

CLASS 32 MORRIS OIL Special lead Rein Class
1) Louanna Winter BLACK BEAUTY
2) Lucy Lambe TALULAH
3) Olivia Holohan BATMAN

CLASS 33 STOKES & QUIRKE Open Lead rein pony of Hunter pony type
1) Mr. Shane McNamara BALLYKILTY FLAME 12ch.g. by Little Vick ex Kilmocbea Lady
2) Clare Wall-Kelly JOINER’S SHERRY
3) Michelle Dennehy SHIRLEY LADY

CLASS 34 AN TEACH GUESTHOUSE KILLUSTY Open lead rein Show Pony
1) Sean Scallan BARKWAY SWEET PEA 5 B.M. BY Beckside Little Toff ex Barkway Symphony bd. Mrs. A.M. Smalley
2) Regina Daly FOFSWAY SYMBOLENE
3) Mr. Shane McNamara HOLLYVALE LIMITED EDITION

CLASS 35 MR & MRS. FRITS GRAAFLAND FORT LUCAN EQUITATION QUALIFIER
l) Gillian Burke on COURTWAY AUTUMN BELLE
2) Shannon Sheridan on ZIGGY
3) Amy McNamara on BALLYKILTY FLAME

CLASS 36 O’FLAHERTY FOODS KILLUSTY Open First Ridden Pony
1) Lucy Townsley BASTORD PERIWINKLE
2) Simon Beirne PAULANK TINKERBELLE
3) Des O’Sullivan STARRY KNIGHT

CLASS 36A TOWN AND COUNTY INTERIORS FETHARD Show Hunter First Ridden
1) Sarah Collen THE POWDER PUFF
2) Simon Beirne PAULANK TINKERBELLE
3) Stuart Whittle LITTLE COURT FIRESPRITE

CLASS 37 WHELAN’S BUTCHER’S OAKVILLE CLONMEL Fort Lucan Eguitation First Ridden Qualifier
1) James Burke on COURTWAY AUTUMN BREEZE
2) Simon Beirne PAULANK TINKERBELL
3) Kitty Lambe on TALULAH

CLASS 37A DUNNES STORES OAKVILLE CLONMEL MINI CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion BARKWAY SWEET PEA
Reserve BALLYKILTY FLAME

CLASS 39 WESTGATE ANTIQUES CLONMEL
1) Mr. & Mrs. S.M.Taylor VALMORE IRISH MIST 6 gr.g. by Cadvan Valley Tycoon ex Douthwaite Martini bd. T. Relihan
2) Patrick Geoghegan IT’S A BOY THING
3) Roisin Henry PILHEATH STRONGBOW Spoecial Prize for Best Local Russell Casey

CLASS 40 TIPPERARY TACK CO. FETHARD Open 153 Show Hunter
1) Basil Brindley CHANTILLY PHANTOM
2) Mrs. Philippa Mansergh-Wallace KILBRIDE BILLY JO
3) Tim O’Brien UNION FAIRY KING

CLASS 41 NEWPORT’S NEWSAGENTS FETHARD
1) Regina Daly YEALAND CAPULET 4 ch. By Islington Scoundrel ex Yealand Inatheriss
2) Basil Brindley GRANSHA’S Jerry Mouse
3) Mrs. Philippa Mansergh-Wallace SILENT ECHO

CLASS 42 MICHAEL ALLEN BUTCHER Open 133 cms. Show Hunter
1) Elizabeth freeman MOELGARNEDD DYMUNIAD 8 liv.ch.m bd. Mr. D. Williams, Bala Wales
2) Anne Marshall LORD OAKSEY
3) Annette O’Callaghan BALLYLOUGHAN BRIGADOON

CLASS 43 MRS. TARA BRICKNELL OPEN SHOW HUNTER CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion MOELGARNEDD DYMUNIAD
Reserve CHANTILLY PHANTOM

CLASS 44 O’BYRNE & HALLEY Veterinary Surgeons Novice 143 Show Hunter
1) Regina Daly YEALAND CAPULET 4 ch. By Islington Scoundrel ex Yealand Inatheriss
2) Erika Leonard RINGWOOD PUZZLE
3) Vivienne McKechnie AMERICAN PIE

CLASS 45 JIMMY HAYES BOOKMAKER FETHARD Novice 153 Show Hunter
1) Mrs. Philippa Mansergh-Wallace DERRYMORE PADDY FINN
2) Vivienne McKechnie CAHERVALLEY ASHFIELD FEN
3) Mrs. T. Driver BENJAMIN FLYER

CLASS 46 CUDDIHY’S SAWMILLS FETHARD Novice 133 Show Hunter
1) Lorli Higgins BALLYBOY PERRY MERRY 5 ch.g. by Cottrell Merrymaker ex Ballyboy Paprika
2) Patricia Murphy MIDNIGHT TANGO
3) Michelle Dennehy HOLLYVALE CITATION

CLASS 47 THE LADY LLOYD-WEBBER CHAMPION NOVICE SHOW HUNTER
Champion BALLYBOY PPERRY MERRY
Reserve RINGWOOD PUZZLE

CLASS 48 SLATERPRINT CLONMEL Intermediate Show Hunter
1) Tim O’Brien LADY MILVERTON
2) Noel O’Donohoe INIS CLOVER
3) J. Kennedy SIR AMADEUS

CLASS 49 LARRY KENNY, CENTRA FOODMARKET, FETHARD Novice 153 Working Hunter
1) Suzanne Garrigan MAIGLOCKHEN
2) Catherine Rawluk DUN ‘N DUSTED
3) Helen Toppin TEMPLEBREADY PEPPERMINT

CLASS 50 BALLYSHEEHAN STUD CASHELNovice 143 Working Hunter
1) Vicky Heslop KILGREANEY COBBLESTONE by Dunlewey Sunny Jim bd. Vicky Heslop
2) Vivienne McKechnie AMERICAN PIE
3) Margaret Horne MOORLAND BLAITHIN

CLASS 51 KIELY BROTHERS BOOKMAKERS CLONMELNovice 133 Working Hunter
1) Elizabeth Freeman MOELGARNEDD DYMUNIAD
2) Patricia Murphy MIDNIGHT TANGO
3) Dan Foley CLONSHIRE VITO

CLASS 52 GAIN ANIMAL FEEDS NOVICE WORKING HUNTER CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion MOELGARNEDD DYMUNIAD
Reserve

CLASS 53 McCARTHY’S HOTEL OPEN WORKING HUNTER STARTER STAKES
1) J. O’Dwyer TILSTON JACANA 15 roan g. by Brockwell Jaguar ex Tilston Sandpiper bd. Major M.A. Nicholson
2) Roisin Henry PILHEATH STRONGBOW
3) Patrick Geoghegan’s IT’S A BOY THING

CLASS 53A STARTER STAKES CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion VALMORE IRISH MIST
Reserve IT’S A BOY THING

CLASS 54 CAMAS PARK STUD CASHEL Open 133 cms Working Hunter 1) Linda Young ARDFRY AHAB
2) Judy Kenny GREENLAKE DOLLY
3) Dan Foley CLONSHIRE VITO

CLASS 55 THE RONAN GROUP CLONMEL Open 143 Working Hunter
1) Suzanne Garrigan INSPECTOR MORSE
2) Basil Brindley GRANSHA’S JERRY MOUSE
3) Julie Brindley-O’Brien BROOKVALE SKYLARK

CLASS 56 FBD INSURANCES PLC Open 153 Working Hunter
1) Aideen Davis CAPTIN SCARLET by Red House Condor ex Moydrum Silver
2) Rosemary O’Donnell JUST JESSICA
3) Helen Toppin TEMPLEBREADY PEPPERMINT

CLASS 57 CLONMEL OIL WORKING HUNTER PONY CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion ARDFRY AHAB
Reserve INSPECTOR MORSE

CLASS 58 ANNERVALLEY PRODUCTS KILMORE Intermediate Working Hunter
1) Aideen Davis CAPTAIN SCARLET
2) Catherine Rawluk LITTLEJON
3) Jerry Corcoran CYRILLE

CLASS 59 INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion CAPTAIN SCARLET
Reserve LITTLE JON

CLASS 60 FETHARD ELECTRICAL WHOLESALE 143 Performance Working Hunter
1) Anarette Geoghegan WESTMIR QUEEN
2) Julie Brindley-O’Brien BROOKVALE SKYLARK
3) Basil Brndley’s GRANSHA’S JERRY MOUSE

CLASS 61 133 Performance Working Hunter
1) Linda Young ARDFRY AHAB
2) Olivia Holohan BOOLAGH LITTLE DIXIE
3) Olivia Holhan SHANGAN CHRYSTAL BOY

CLASS 62 153 Performance Working Hunter
1) Peter O’Donnell JUST JESSICA
2) K. Toppin TEMPLEBREADY PEPPERMINT
3) Suzanne O’Brien UNION FAIRY KING

CLASS 62A PERFORMANCE WORKING HUNTER CHAMPIONSHIP
Champion ARDFRY AHAB
Reserve WESTMIR QUEEN

CLASS 63 Intermediate Performance Working Hunter
1) Bernard Condren MR. MAGIC FORMULA
2) Roisin Henry RIVERSDALE CHINPIN

CLASS 64 Connemara Working Hunter
1) Florence Brindley BALLINDERRY LADY 11 b.m. by Westside Mirah ex Gentian Gillian
2) Judy kenny MAIRTIN COILTE DUBH
3) Carolyn Poole SHROUGHAN NIKKI

CLASS 65 Side Saddle Working Hunter
1) Basil Brindley CHANTILLY PHANTOM
2) Margaret Horne MOORLAND BLAITHIN
3) Marian Condren MR. MAGIC FORMULA

CLASS 65A SLIEVENAMON GOLF CLUB /FAIRWAYS RESTAURANT Green Working Hunter
1) Olivia Holohan BOOLAGH MATILDA
2) Sarah Blennerhassett THORNDALE MISCHIEF
3) Jody Moran EARL OF INCHIQUIN

CLASS 66 Equitation Jumping Fences 1’6”.
1) Chloe Murphy on Valmore Tailor’s Fairy
2) Russell Casey on Coolmore Slipper
3) Leanne Sheehan on Shannon

CLASS 67 Equitation Jumping Fences 2 ft.
1) Jodie Moran on Earl of Inchiquin
2) Joss Murray on Mrs. Brennan Joss
3) Sorcha Sweeny on Kilcreene Peaceful

CLASS 68 Equitation Jumping Fences 2 ft. 6
1) Sally Ann Lynch on Ashefield Archie
2) Jade Trautner on Banjee
3) Aine O’Connor on Isabelle

CLASS 69 Equitation Jumping
1) Rhian Fitzgerald
2) Joseph O’Brien on Ulluroo
3) Seamus Holohan on Boolagh Silver Lady

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