THE AIRC North East Region hosted a busy two-day festival over the August Bank Holiday weekend with a range of classes and disciplines and over 200 entries.

Day one took place in Cheval Showgrounds in Oldtown, Co Dublin, and competitors had the honour of competing in the brand new sand arena which was foot perfect despite the heavy overnight rain. With graded and open dressage classes it was a busy day for judges Jean Halpenny and Lindsey Ilona Brady.