Show them what you can do,” is the motto of Kildare rider Judy Reynolds, Ireland’s sole dressage rider at the Rio Olympics. She rides Vancouver K, a 14-year-old Jazz gelding owned by her parents, Joe and Kathleen.

Winner of The Irish Field Dressage Rider of the Year award for the last two consecutive years, Reynolds (35) is in the form of her life, posting one record-breaking Irish performance after another, including a top eight finish in the World Cup in Sweden in April. Along with her husband Patrick Heavey, Judy’s parents are very much part of her backroom support team.