With the keenest eye for capturing picture-perfect moments, Susan Finnerty’s celebration of our much-missed agricultural shows relays the jubilant atmosphere and hard-earned triumphs at this year’s Bannow-Rathangan Show. Blessed by the sun gods, the beautiful Killag site in Co Wexford welcomed upwards of 25,000 people to a glorius show, following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19.
Home Brew: John Crosbie (left) and wife Julia with their homebreds: Brewery Lane and Graceland (shown by Steven Mitten), the All Ireland three-year-old reserve champion and third-placed in the All Ireland three-year-old final. Both are by Cavalier Land and as an added bonus, Graceland was also the highest-placed filly. \ Susan Finnerty
Daphne's Double: Bloomfield Watergate, the All Ireland three-year-old champion with producer Jane Bradbury, handler Michael Lyons and owner Daphne Tierney. \ Susan Finnerty
Thalia Smithwick O'Brien and her son Diarmuid with Donode Forget Me Not (reserve champion) and her foal by Riverdale Goliath, the in-hand pony champion at Bannow & Rathangan. \ Susan Finnerty
Green White & Gold: Susan Rankin's palomino yearling filly by Killinick Bouncer. \ Susan Finnerty
Steven Mitten with Graceland (Cavalier Land) the top-placed filly in the three-year-old final. \ Susan Finnerty