MORE than a few soggy festive jumpers had to be wrung out following Sunday’s Dressage Ireland Leinster Region Christmas show at CoilÓg where riders competed in the rain all day.

A quick glance at the results showed a programme which ran from class 1 to class 57 and, even if there were gaps in that numerical sequence, the organisers had to engage five judges, viz Dermot Cannon and Bernie Foley from List 1, Jillie Rogers (List 3), Alison Thorne (List 5) and Jane Averill (List 6) for what was a large entry. There were a lot of withdrawals.