THE first of two legs of the autumn eventing development series, funded under National Breeding Services by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and delivered by Horse Sport Ireland, was held last Sunday at Wexford Equestrian.

The dressage phases were judged outdoors by Rita Naughton (four-year-olds) and Sarah Jane Doyle, with the venue’s senior national course builder Pat Peare building the show jumping track (10 fences indoors) and the two cross-country tracks, which included an optional trot into the water.