IT is safe to say that Kildare’s Judy Reynolds has almost single handily turned dressage into the Cinderella equestrian sport in Ireland in recent years, and on Tuesday, she stepped up to the plate and secured a historic team place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games for the country.

It would be unfair, however, to hand all the credit to Reynolds as she was backed up by three brilliant riders in two-time Olympian Anna Merveldt, another Olympian Heike Holstein and Kate Dwyer.