IRELAND’s Anna Merveldt scored a rare senior international dressage victory for Ireland by winning the Prix St Georges class at Lipica CDI*** in Slovenia on Thursday. Riding the nine-year-old stallion Idamantes LLC, the Irish rider scored 69.579% for the win. She also placed sixth with Forget Me Not on 66.447% in a class with 18 competitors.

This is the first senior international dressage victory for Ireland since Merveldt won the Grand Prix Special in Nice, France in August 2014.