A LARGE contingent of Irish riders, coached by Dressage Ireland chairman Mark Ruddock and Fiona Hayes, competed at the Charles Owen/British Dressage youth home nations’ international at the Mount Ballan Equestrian Centre in Wales last weekend.

The Ireland Emerald squad of Amber Lane on Barkway State Affair (Preliminary), Maura McCune Moore with Blokland’s Hoeve’s Amor (Novice), Sadhbh O’Toole riding Next Diamond (Elementary) and Isla Coad on Klein Roderijs Gold Fee (Medium and FEI pony classes) finished a highly-creditable fifth of 33 teams.