The Border Union Show's Bicentenary Show basked in sunshine at Springwood Park with well supported classes.

Local judge, Sheila Brooks, judged the overall mountain and moorland in-hand championship and found her champion in the Fell leader Bracklin Norah.

The six-year-old mare is owned and bred by Ian Smith and his son, Alistair, from Doune, in Perthshire, and is by their champion stallion, Carrock I'm Yer Man and out of Bracklinn Black Beauty.

This year she was supreme in-hand at the NPS Spring Show, supreme at Dalkeith, and reserve at the Hexham native pony show. She was also part of the winning St John's Wells pair of ponies by the same sire at the Highland for the third year in succession.

They also had reserve Fell with Bracklinn Amber, a yearling filly that's a full sister to their Highland champion Bracklinn Jackpot.

Reserve overall, though, was the Connemara champion, Eastlands Rashiebrae, shown by Emma Jane Murray, for John and Diana Staveley. The five-year-old mare was broken in March and was supreme at Hexham, champion at the Highland and reserve in the Cuddy qualifier.

Emma Jane was also champion of the mountain and moorland working hunter ponies with her own Castlegrange Wee Sparrow. They were supreme at Haddington and Connemara champion at the Highland in 2010.

For the ridden mountain and moorland championship, Mrs Brookes was joined by the show patron HRH The Countess of Wessex, for judging. Their champion was the Welsh section D, Hopewood First Edition, owned, bred and ridden by Lesley Parker.

The nine-year-old mare is by Thorneyside The Toff and out of Vaynor Cara. Only lightly shown, it was supreme horse champion at Biggar the previous weekend.

Reserve supreme was the Dartmoor champion Wendy Dun's Springwater Black Hawk, a five-year-old stallion by Moortown Hawkwing and out of Springwater Alight. His first foal arrived this year and was champion novice ridden, champion intermediate ridden and reserve at the NPS Area 4 Spring Show.

Ridden Highland pony champion was Chris Garnt with Dunedin Finale, a 10-year-old mare that qualified for HOYS at Three Counties, she was also working hunter champion at the breed show and first at the Great Yorkshire. Reserve was another Dunedin-bred pony, Dunedin Mountain Rose, ridden by sarah Finlayson and qualified for HOYS at the Great Yorkshire.

Sarah was champion of the in-hand Highland ponies with Dunedin Rachel, owned by breeder, Anne Mitchell who now has three ponies qualified for HOYS.

Reserve was Chris Grant with his and his mother Jan'shome-bred Dewley Standfast. This six-year-old dun gelding is by Mcnab of Denmill has been lightly shown, but leading Hexham.

Hunter supreme was Gillian and Andrew McCowan's prolific lightweight winner Irish Squire, and they then went on to be reserve supreme of the show. Reserve hunter supreme was the in-hand winner, Tiger Lily a brood-mare and past HOYS Cuddy finalist from William and Joanne Moran.