The second annual Irish Hunting Extravaganza, due to take place on 11 September at Sallymount House, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath, has been postponed until 9 October.
The event, hosted by the Ballymacad hunt, will feature hound parades, an inter-hunt chase, jump cross, a donkey derby, dog show and many other entertainments and the highlight will be the hunting horse competition.
Entrants will be expected to jump wire, gates, ditches, water, a bullfinch and other natural hunting obstacles and prove their manners around hounds.
There will be a lightweight and a heavyweight class, judged by Charlie Gundry and Guy Landau, and first prize in each will be €1,000.
Anne-Marie Galligan of the Ballymacad hunt said: “We are sorry to have to postpone the event but the ground is saturated and the forecast is bad.”
