LET’s hear it for Ireland’s gallant para-dressage team who competed in Doha, Qatar this week, travelling thousands of miles in a bid to qualify for the looming Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The team of Rosemary Gaffney (with Bink, owned by Susan Smallman and Crea English), Kate Kerr-Horan with Serafina T, owned by Broomfield Farm), Tamsin Addison (Fahrenheit, owned by the rider) and Michael Murphy (with Rohan, owned by Sue Murphy) were competing at the prestigious Al Shabaq Arena in Doha.

Their chef d’equipe is Dara Kearney and their team trainer is Donie McNamara. Irish Horse World’s Judith Faherty was in Doha and will be featuring the team in next week’s issue.