THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

Outside, the jumping’s over

The young ones thunder their ponies in competition

Twice round the ring; the trick races, Musical Stalls,

Sliding off, riding bareback, the ponies dragged to and fro for

Bewildering requirements, not minding. But now, in the background,

Like shifting scenery, horse-boxes move; each crawls

Towards the stock entrance, tilting and swaying, bound

For far-off farms.

Larkin, “Show Saturday” (lines 34-41) in Windows