David and Charlotte Kirkpatrick were celebrating after Redwood Thyme claimed the Laidlaw cup for the supreme young horse championship at the RDS yesterday.
Ms Kirkpatrick is chief executive of the Northern Irish Horse Board, but it was an even bigger feather in the caps of the Comber, Co Down, couple when the chestnut son of Ghareeb took the supreme accolade.
Twenty-four hours earlier the gelding had been awarded the Anthony Maude cup as three-year-old champion, and it was no surprise when he went all the way yesterday.
Dessie Gibson's Highpoint, a lovely quality yearling by Puissance, was making only his second appearance in the show ring but was called in to stand reserve in the supreme behind Redwood Thyme. Ms Gibson's mare Country Times, a four-year-old by Billies Bank, and her Crosstown Dancer colt were reserve in the breeders championship, but it was Jim Tempany who took the Lynn Aldridge trophy for Leader Star.
The 11-year-old mare, a daughter of I'm A Star, was shown with her filly by the thoroughbred sire Big Sink Hope.
The Hurst show horses team had earlier claimed two pieces of silverware when Tattygare In The Pink took the filly championship and then the Pembroke cup for the best home-bred entry.
Shirley Hurst's charge, winner of the Tattersalls Thoroughbred championship on Thursday, had also stood as reserve in the two-year-old championship in an otherwise unbeaten show career.