THERE was an extra dimension to the dressage section of last weekend’s Barrier Animal Health Spring Festival at Castle Irvine, Necarne in the staging of a Nations’ Challenge on Sunday between a quartet representing the Irish Pony Club and two teams from Area 17 of The Pony Club.

The IPC foursome of Shillelagh’s Sarah Ryan (on Ballinaguilkey Rocco in the Grassroots PC80), Carlow’s Ava Boyd (Ballinamona Boy, Intermediate), Kildare’s Annabelle Dunne (HFS Rock Shandy, Open) and Longford’s Emma Kenny (Ruby Menlo Kelly’s Boy, Novice) claimed the honours on a score of 70.62%.