Family Entertainment

This year the Festival Village was packed with entertainment for all the family. Spectators enjoyed the many food stalls and concession units, had a drink at the bar, indulged in the Good Food Ireland Food Market or treat themselves to something from one of the retail units on site. The kids were kept busy with the Face Painting, Dog Competitions, Front Runner, Pony Rides and all the fun and games on offer.

Children's Entertainment

Front Runner

Front Runner - Eventing for Kids will featured at Tattersalls for the first time this year. It's the eventing sibling of Front Runner - Racing Club for Kids, familiar to many junior racegoers.

It's the fun way to learn more about eventing, providing an insight into caring for an event horse as well the disciplines undertaken over the three days. Through props and visuals (and plenty of banter), kids get to know 'Who's who and What's what' in the world of eventing.

From its base in the Festival Village participants took part in a series of interactive sessions. Kids saw first-hand the equipment used by the horses, riders and grooms, from bits to brushing boots, numnahs to nosebands and helmets to horse shoes.

Dot-to-dot Dressage, Jargon Buster, A-Z of Eventing and Horse Maze covered everything from flying changes and serpentine loops to coffins and oxers, while each afternoon was rounded off with a (highly competitive) fun quiz.

Pony Rides

Clonfert Maynooth Equestrian Centre brought along two of their favourite ponies, Teenie Bopper and Samson. Children enjoyed pony rides through out the day on Saturday and Sunday of the Tattersalls Festival.

Face Painting

The ever popular face painting will be available on both Saturday and Sunday in the Festival Village.

Other Entertainment (information to be updated shortly)

• Archery
• Dog Competitions
• Stomp Rockets