KATY Roarke, who joined Mosstown Riding Club just over a year ago, won the prestigious Carl Geisler memorial championship at last weekend’s AIRC Festival in Mullingar on her maxi cob Kilbegley Lad.

Only those who won or finished reserve in their ring championships got through to Saturday’s early evening finale, with Roarke’s journey on her nine-year-old gelding commencing around noon in Ring 2. They first won the combined heavyweight/maxi class before being crowned the River Lodge Stables cob champions, with Greenhills’ Helen Alexander standing reserve on the lightweight class winner, her nine-year-old bay mare Princess Ceide April.