A FEW young show jumping riders dipped their toes into the pony working hunter world last year in a bid to qualify for the Dublin Horse Show and more might do so this season given the results of the first of the four RDS qualifiers which was held at the Banner Equestrian Centre in Co Clare last Saturday.

This year’s course builder for the qualifiers is Charles Hanley while, at Dublin, that duty will once again be undertaken by Britain’s Kevin Millman who welcomed last year’s inaugural qualifying process. He was particularly pleased when all forward for the starter stake class completed the jumping challenge.