Summary of Results - PTV Christmas Show 07-Dec-25

The PTV Christmas Show, our final event of the year, was held on Sunday 7th December 2025 at Bantry Bay Equestrian Centre.  The weather wasn’t very kind to the riders at the start of the day, it was wet and rather miserable, but thankfully conditions improved during the afternoon. Thank you to everyone who went to the trouble of dressing themselves and/or their mounts with festive attire, and to the judges for their input for the special prize category of Best Christmas Outfit. 

Fundraiser: 
The event was used to raise funds for the Stand 4 Feile campaign to help young Beara teenager Féile O’Sullivan and her family with medical expenses, prosthetics, physiotherapy, home adaptations, etc. Between the money pledged from the entry fees, and the donations received both at the event and online, plus the donation from the pop up café, we are delighted to announce the total amount raised came to €735.  Thank you to all for your support. 

Before we get to the results, we would like to thank everyone for coming to the event – riders, volunteers, helpers and spectators.  Special thanks to Caitlin Steel (Chef de Piste), Adèle Connor (Technical Delegate), Megan Davies (scorer/event secretary) and Jill Davies (assistant event secretary).  Our very grateful thanks to Bantry Bay Equestrian Centre for the use of their facilities, and to those involved in the pop up café. 

Our next event will be a Speed TREC (followed by our AGM) at Bantry Bay Equestrian Centre on 18-Jan-26. 

Here is the summary of results from our PTV Christmas Show: 

Level 3 - Advanced
1st -  Maddy (Caitlin Steel); 2nd - Prince (Noemi Hornyak); 3rd - Sia (Mary Creedon) 

Level 2 - Intermediate 
1st -  Dragon (Phoebe Bright); 2nd - Bob (Annie O'Neill); 3rd - Bambi (Majella O'Shea); equal 4th - Pixie (Aoife Collins) and Felix (Majella O'Shea); 6th - Ellie (Orla Malone) 

Level 1 - Novice 
1st -  Honey (Noemi Hornyak); 2nd - Sam (Leah Schots); 3rd - Auster (Daniel Brosens); 4th - Gypsy (Billie Ridgeway); 5th - Sonny (Emily Brennan); 6th - Girl (Szilvia Bozoki) 

Under-16s Level 1 
1st -  Blue (Cara Lehane); 2nd - Brownie (Zenab Francis); 3rd - Jojo (Milan Steven Hornyak); 4th - Blue (Emma Downey); 5th - Blue (Lucy Healy); 6th - Bob (Taylor Cody) 

Newcomers/Rookies (L1) 
1st -  Glandrine Bluesky (Mary Williamson); 2nd - Presto (Emila O'Connell); 3rd - Twilight Sam (Sophie Daly); 4th - Peppermint (Ellie O Regan); equal 5th - Jojo (Natalia Gaida) and Ned (Cathal O Sullivan) 

Lead-Rein (Under 10s) – this class is marked HC 
Truffles (Iarla O'Neill Villanueva), Twilight Sam (Róisín Daly), Sabastian (Orlaith Brennan) 

Well done to all the other riders and their mounts for taking part: Presto (Farrah Ridgeway), Luckie (Maddie O’Connell), Luckie (Zoe Young), Melody (Henry Williamson), Crumpet (Cathy Francis), Sunny (Phoebe Bright) 

There was a great response amongst the riders and handlers for the festive special prize category, and we also had a number of small prizes to distribute for this, which were awarded as follows:

Best Christmas Outfit
Maddy (Caitlin Steel); Truffles (Iarla O'Neill Villanueva with Annie O'Neill); Luckie (Zoe Young) 

Runners Up
Sam (Leah Schots); Jojo (Milan Steven Hornyak)

Honourable Mention:
Honey (Noemi Hornyak); Gypsy (Billie Ridgeway); Glandrine Bluesky (Mary Williamson) 

That’s a wrap for this year, we hope to see you at some of our events next year. 
Wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all from West Cork TREC.