Cogans Dawn Star shone at the IDHS National Show on Sunday when Hughie Murphy’s great servant won the supreme title.

The day’s main champions had gathered before judges Marie Byrne, Diana Gibson, George Chapman and Kevin McGuinness, who chose the Annaghdown Star mare as their overall champion.

She was bred by Brian Cogan, whose brother John and another recently elected addition to the Irish Horse Board, Elizabeth Deane, were also present at the Ballinasloe showgrounds.

Taking the reserve supreme was Kilcock owner Jim Beirne, whose Sam Of Portglorian, a Classic Vision six-year-old gelding, won the ridden Draught championship earlier in the day.

“That mare has it every way – she moves, she has bone, I think she’s a really high-class mare,” said Chapman afterwards.

McGuinness, in great demand judging ridden classes, praised the rideability and movement of their supreme reserve, produced by event and dressage rider Emma Kiernan.

Maria McNamara took the ridden reserve title with her father Tom’s Shanbally Blazer (Gentle Diamond), en route to competing in the ID performance class at Dublin.

Swinford owners dominated the day with Murphy’s Cogans Dawn Star winning the broodmare championship to book her supreme place.

Liam Lynskey also had an outstanding day, winning the Botanica International combination championship with his prolific Lady In Red Star (Grosvenor Lad) – incidentally bought from Murphy – and DS Red Cross Lady, her Kilcotton Cross filly, who was the champion foal.

Adrian Burke’s Cappa Cassanova colt took reserve. Lynskey also produced Sean Ruane’s Strictly Come Bouncing, by his own Moylough Bouncer, to win the Mare of the Future championship and the four-year-old, in foal to Lynskey’s thoroughbred stallion Pikachu, was also the reserve broodmare champion.

Paul Cleary’s Crosstown Dancer three-year-old won the young horse title and Pat Murphy’s Tors Gentleman Farmer yearling filly was Nora Keogh and Lawrence Patterson’s reserve youngstock champion.