IT WAS Susan Wardrop’s Highland pony stallion Carlung Feargus, bred locally in North Ayrshire, that stood overall supreme at Ayr Show on the second day.

By the family’s home-bred stallion Brisbane Glen of Carlung and out of Tower Islay, the 10-year-old stallion was champion here four years ago but has been unshown for the past two years due to breeding commitments.

Judge for the supreme, Pat Stirling from the Borders, said: “It had lovely, clean limbs and good moving, with lots of presence and was a good type.”

Saturday’s reserve was Julie Templeton’s show pony champion, Kenilwood Sirocco, which was a big winner in Scotland last season as a youngster including supreme in-hand at Central and West Fife. Now four years old, Julie first spotted the gelding two years at owner Jill Cousin’s yard and bought the pony last October. Sirocco was ridden by Shannon Meer to head the ridden show pony championship, the overall riding pony championship before heading the overall of the show.

“A child’s pony must be beautifully behaved and it was just that, perfectly behaved and hard to fault. It well balanced and moved impeccably and didn’t put a foot wrong,” said judge David Goldie.

Overall reserve to Sirocco for the riding pony championship was David Robertson’s in-hand champion, Braeglen Silhouette, a three-year-old filly bought as a foal from breeder Susan Harper. By Willowcroft Regal Bronze out of the champion mare Blue Tina, last year the filly was reserve at the Royal Highland and champion at the Border Union.

Overall Arab champion was Sarah Bainbridge with the part-bred Arab ridden champion, Premier Dancer ahead of Joyce Coltart’s Tricula Chocolate Chip. Sarah Ross with Frosted Knight was the pure-bred champion with Susan McArthur’s Ht Nybraska in reserve.

Overall hunter champion on Sunday was Kirstine Douglas with Harry Rodgers’ District Court. Now 12 years old this son of Big Sink Hope has an enviable track record with many wins and championships to his name including the Royal Highland Show, and has been placed at the Horse of the Year Show. Earlier in the week District Court was champion for the third consecutive year at the Puddledub Show and winning a RIHS qualifier. Reserve was Louise Maxwell, riding the under 13stone winner, Ring the Bell, owned by Anne Jolly. The five-year-old was purchased out of Ireland last year newly broken and was first at Stewarton.

Louise also rode the novice mountain and moorland champion, Ketburn Mae Blossom ahead of the reserve, the second placed LLanarw Betsan, ridden by Hannah Grant.

Shona Thomspon’s Welsh section D stallion Pennal the Great continued his run of success to stand mountain and moorland open ridden and in-hand champion. Double supreme in-hand and ridden champion recently at the Scottish Welsh Show, this eight-year-old stallion, a son of Thorneyside The Terminator, was champion last year at the Highland and ridden champion at the BSPS Scotland winter show.

From the same stable came the lead rein and first ridden champion, Cromagtir Dylan, ridden by Georgia Quinlan for Shona. Dylan has twice won the Royal Highland show as a stallion and was reserve NPS Sealskinz champion working hunter pony finals.

In the RIHS working hunter ring, Rachel Snowie won the mountain and moorland working hunter pony championship. The 15-year-old roan gelding is home produced by Rachel and does pony club activities. In reserve was the Welsh section A Highland Jury, ridden by Rosie Longley. Last year they won 14 mountain and moorland working hunter pony championships, winning the BSPS Heritage points championship and the NPS performance championship and the national Welsh performance title.

In the BSPS working hunter ponies it was Fiona Robinson with Fair and Square II that was called forward to stand champion over Carly Brewster with her Horse of the Year Show winner Frecklton Maximus.

Kirsty Aird rode Euan Snowie’s Playboy Forever to stand working hunter champion. This is their first season in working hunters, last year they were sixth in the heavyweight hunter class at the Royal International. They qualified for both classes this year at Puddledub. Kirsty was reserve in the intermediates with Novella Gold. Champion of this section was Melissa McCluskey with Lucy Brown, a new ride this year. Melissa has already qualified her 148cm show pony Hinwood Two Thyme for HOYS following a win at the BSPS winter championships.

In the hunters in-hand section, Laura McArthur with her home-bred filly, Westmore Hope was champion. The two-year-old by Broadstone West Country was champion here last year and first at the Highland.

Sharon Thom rode Louisa Freeman’s Classic Independence to win the riding horse championship and also be reserve in the retraining to racehorses class with Viviene McConnechy’s Red Cherry. In this new section, Elizabeth Muirhead was champion with Time To Rise. Bred by neighbours Robert and Helen Goldie, the 17-year-old gelding did nine point-to-points, competed at elementary dressage level and has evented to pre-novice.

Victoria Harvie riding Morean Hamilton’s consistent mare Tara O’Hara was overall coloured champion after winning the ridden non-native class. The 11-year-old mare was graded at CHAPS last year achieving ‘star’ level. Tara has been placed at HOYS and RIHS and was the BSPS performance champion. Reserve was the in-hand champion, Gillian Beattie’s Welsh section C filly Passford Pastiche, which was purchased as a weanling from the Passford Stud and is unshown.

Heading the overall Shetland pony championship it was Eileen Carlyle’s four-year-old miniature chestnut mare Dryfesdale Lady Luck. Home-bred by Firth Coruisk and out of Dryfesdale Delusion last season she was miniature champion and junior champion at Moniave Show and at the Shetland Breed Show, held on Shetland, was third in a big class.

The reserve was the the standard champion, Pankymoor Bracken from James Farrell. The five-year-old was purchased a foal and is by Waulkmill MacTavish. A winner at the Stallion Show earlier this year and in 2008, at home at the Cochno Stud they have three filly foals born this year to the stallion.