IN early August, three Irish teams overcame the complicated process of dealing with Brexit and Covid-19 protocols to compete in the British Dressage Youth Home International at the David Broome Event Centre in Wales.

Showing the depth of young talent coming up through the levels in Ireland, the party comprised Tara Hayes, Ellen McDonald, Laragh Byrne, Erin McCoy, Lucy McDowell, Shauna Fitzgibbon, Sive Kearney, Aine Hayes, Jessica Grogan and Keelan Lynch.