THE Horse Sport Ireland Autumn Development Series in dressage reached its conclusion in finals’ day last Sunday at Greenogue Equestrian where the weather conditions may not have been ideal for the discipline but that just underlined the high standard of riding.

There was no categorisation of riders in this series where the sponsors put huge emphasis on Irish-bred horses. They awarded a prize of €175 to the highest-placed Irish-bred in each class and €350 to the breeder of the winner in each of the three age classes which were confined to horses bred in this country.