HORSE Sport Ireland’s pony high performance manager, Anne Marie Dunphy, named the riders on Ireland’s pony dressage team for the 2016 European Championships taking place in Aarhus Vilhelmsborg, Denmark, from August 17th to 21st. The team is:

  • Laura Dennehy (16) from Cork riding Julie Lockey’s Ella
  • Tara Hayes (14) from Kildare riding Fiona Hayes’s Bantiss Holy Joe
  • Robyn O’Neill (14) from Limerick riding Kathryn Taylor’s Belsasser
  • Emily Kate Robinson (16) from Waterford riding Elisabeth Ayn’s Crown Imagine or Geraldine Robinson’s Tisrara Hill (ISH)

    • Pony dressage high performance manager, Anne Marie Dunphy, said: “I am delighted that we are in a position to field a dressage team for these championships for the third consecutive year. Full credit is due to all of the athletes on the program and their parents whose hard work and commitment continue to raise the standard of youth dressage in Ireland.