THE Horse Sport Ireland/Dressage Ireland national championships supported by Equisolv were held last Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Barnadown, Co Wexford where the ‘Sunny South East’ lived up to its reputation for the first two days while the weather on Sunday, while damp at times, was far better than in other parts of the country.

As these championships were one of a litany of sporting occasions to fall by the wayside last year because of Covid-19, it was good to see them come back on stream for 2021. However, their staging was a test in itself, as explained by
Dressage Ireland chair Marguerite Kavanagh.