The Bychan Arabians open day is traditionally held the Saturday after the British National Championships. With this year’s National Show cancelled, around 200 people braved the continuing bad weather and made their way high up into the Welsh hills for an afternoon of top-quality horses, some horse-orientated conversation and, of course, the customary Welsh hospitality of the Jones family – Sue, Emrys, Ryan, Rod, Kimberley and Rhiannon … There were just two stallions left to be presented and Bychan had saved the best until last and even the sun decided to put in an appearance for the last few minutes. Master Design came down the hill first, delighted to see so many people there just for him and he even came into the marquee to say hello to a few familiar faces. This four-year-old stallion has a wealth of titles under his belt and, at the time of writing, Master Design has been supreme at every show this year ...