MANY congratulations to Olivia Linnane, the 2025 winner of the Christina Mulvey memorial trophy awarded by the South East Region of Dressage Ireland.

The perpetual trophy is given by Kieran Mulvey in memory of his late wife Christina, along with an annual training bursary, and is awarded to ‘A young rider who is dedicated to the sport, who shows true horsemanship and potential as a rider’.

Previous winners, since the trophy was first presented, have been: Rachel Carr with Calevador May Blossom (2019), Oscar O’Connor with Top Hero 2 (2020 and 2021), Lily Larkin with Blokland’s Hoeve’s Amor (2022), Kate Murphy with Top Hero 2 (2023) and Anna Radford with Essenar Double Dutch (2024).

Olivia was presented with her award last Saturday at the SER show in Sika Equestrian, where she and the 10-year-old 146cm Dutch Warmblood gelding Don Dimaro van het Gildeland were the sole starters in the FEI Pony Riders class and were awarded a score of 63.29%.