THE Botanica International ‘Dressage in the City’ show, which took place over the Bank Holiday weekend at the National Horse Sport Arena, was deemed a success by its organisers and also by the riders who converged on the Blanchardstown venue from all over the country.

The event was certainly a baptism of fire for chief organiser Petra Larkin who not only had to deal with the logistics of running a three-day show such as organising arena-building, judges, dressage sheets and volunteers, but all within the high standard of Covid-19 protocols expected at a State-funded facility.